Impact of Sitting Time on Seat-Interface Pressure of Spinal Cord Injured Patients.
- Author:
Dong A KIM
1
;
Sook Hee YI
;
Bum Suk LEE
;
Mun Hee LIM
;
Byung Ju RYU
;
Hong Chae KIM
;
Ho Cheol YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Center, Korea. lovelsh1229@naver.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Seating;
Spinal cord injury;
Pressure;
Time
- MeSH:
Buttocks;
Humans;
Spinal Cord;
Spinal Cord Injuries;
Wheelchairs
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2009;33(5):614-618
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in seat-interface pressure in wheelchair seated spinal cord injured patients. METHOD: Twenty-six spinal cord injured patients, who were motor complete tetraplegic and paraplegic patients, were included in this study. After 5 cm air-filled cushion (ROHO(R)) was placed on their own wheelchair seat, patients were seated on wheelchair with neutral position for sixty minutes. The interface pressure and contact area of buttock was measured every 5 minutes. RESULTS: Significant increases of interface pressure were found in maximal and mean interface pressure during 0 to 25 minutes of sitting (p<0.05). An increased tendency of contact area of buttock was observed during sitting time but it was not significant. CONCLUSION: There were no significant changes of interface pressure after 25 minutes of sitting in spinal cord injured patients. Therefore, twenty-five minutes may be a reasonable sitting time before interface pressure is recorded.
