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Clinical Trials on Preventing/Treating Pressure Ulcers in Wheelchair Users with SCI

   

Clinical Trial 1 (RIC inpatient unit): pdf

Promoting Pressure Ulcer Healing Process using iPUPc

Participants: Acute SCI patients with established PUs in sitting area.

Groups: An experimental group (using iPUPc wheelchair) and a control group (using regular wheelchair).

Measurement: Wound assessment using PUSH tool and VeV (opens new window) wound assessment software. 

Initial results: iPUPc wheelchair is seen to promote the healing of established PU. 

Initial Findings see below

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Clinical Trial 2 Mt. Sinai SCI Clinic, Promoting Wheelchair Users’ Mobility during Pressure Ulcer Treatment using iPUPc

Participants: Chronic SCI patients with established PUs in sitting area.

Groups: An experimental group (using iPUPc wheelchair) and a control group (using regular wheelchair).

Measurement: Wound assessment using PUSH tool and VeV (opens new window) wound assessment software, physical activities and condition, length of stay in hospital, time to total healing.

Initial results: ongoing

Initial Findings for Clinical Trial 1:

Patients in iPUPc group had significantly faster healing of their PU than that from a control group.

Typical progress of pressure wound healing

Top row: A patient with a pressure ulcer who used a regular wheelchair (control).  A. Day 1, B. Day 16, C. Day 32

Bottom Row: A patient with a pressure ulcer who used a cyclical pressure relief protocol . D. Day 1, E. Day 15, F. Day 31.

Wound size and appearance can be assessed relative to the target plate.

Publications

Pressure Ulcer Healing using a New Pressure-relief Seating Design - RESNA 29th Int. Conf., June 22-26, 2006

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