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Význam tlakové mapy (pressure mapping system) pro pacienty s mobilitou na vozíku

Title in English The Relevance of Pressure Mapping System in Wheelchair Mobility
Authors

VAŠÍČKOVÁ Lia SIEGELOVÁ Jarmila MAŠEK Michal

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.14735/amcsnn2016S15
Field Other medical specializations
Keywords wheelchair mobility; spinal cord injury; pressure mapping system Conformat; pressure ulcers; sitting posture
Description Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of the Pressure Mapping System (PMS) to comprehensively evaluate spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients with wheelchair mobility. Materials and methods: A cohort of 29 patients with both traumatic and non-traumatic aetiology was analysed. The patients were examined at the spinal outpatient clinic for life-long care at the University Hospital Brno in 2015. The examination included detailed medical history, clinical evaluation while sitting in a wheelchair, laying and sitting on an examination couch, clinical evaluation of pressure on a seating cushion using PMS, photo documentation of sitting in a wheelchair. Results: Of the total of 21 men and eight women with SCI, 26 had a traumatic lesion (20 men and six women). Three (one man and two women) had non-traumatic aetiology. All were mobile on a mechanical wheelchair. The distribution of pressure on a seating cushion showed that the pressure under ischial tuberosities was lower than 100 mm Hg in 10 patients (mean 80 ± 24 mm Hg left, 91 ± 24 mm Hg right). Unilateral pathology of pressure above 100 mm Hg under an ischial tuberosity was found in 12 patients (mean 93 ± 21 mm Hg left, 103 ± 36 mm Hg right). We found bilateral pathology of pressure over 100 mm Hg under both ischial tuberosities in seven patients (mean 128 ± ± 19 mm Hg left and 117 ± 21 mm Hg right). Statistically signifi cant diff erences in pressure were only found under the left ischial tuberosity. Conclusion: We verified that examination with PMS is an appropriate element of comprehensive assessment of patients with wheelchair mobility.

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