Bioengineering Research of Chronic Wounds A Multidisciplinary Study Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gefen, Amit (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Medical biochemistry.; Bioinformatics.; Computational biology.; Continuum mechanics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Human Physiology.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Biochemistry.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.

Pressure-related chronic wounds are an important health concern that affects millions of patients and accumulates billions in annual costs. These wounds may occur when soft tissues are mechanically compressed between bony prominences and a supporting surface. This book gives a complete and quantitat...