| Autor: |
Tsuji, Keiichi, Yokogawa, Masami, Tanaka, Shoji, Susaki, Toshio, Tachino, Katsuhiko |
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Rigakuryoho Kagaku; 2008, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p453-457, 5p |
| Abstrakt: |
[Purpose] In this study we investigated the buttocks pressure characteristics of hemiplegic patients sitting in a wheelchair and the influence on it of a wheelchair cushion. [Subjects] The subjects were 9 hemiplegic patients, 4 of whom were performing walking training (walking group), and 5 of whom were not (nursing group). We additionally examined 4 patients without paralysis who had difficulty with walking due to enervation of the lower limbs (enervated group). [Methods] The subjects sat in a wheelchair with and without the cushion for 10 minutes, and we measured the buttocks pressure with body pressure distribution measuring apparatus. In the analysis we used the t-test for values of buttock pressure corrected for body weight to determine correspondence. [Results] Without the cushion, in the comparison of the paralyzed and non-paralyzed sides, the buttocks pressure on the non-paralyzed side was significantly higher in the walking group. However, this difference was not seen in the nursing and enervated groups. With the cushion, no significant differences were found between the paralyzed and non-paralyzed sides of the walking and nursing groups. Also, there was no difference between the left and right sides of the enervated group. [Conclusion] We have shown that for hemiplegic patients, the characteristics of buttocks pressure depend on the degree of disability. It was also revealed that the disequilibrium in buttocks pressure could be eliminated by using a cushion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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