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Monitoring and control system of discomfort in disability, bed rest people and surgical patients

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Resumo:Project aims to develop a system that allows to provide to the People with Special Needs(PSN) a relief to the level of the sensitive perception of discomfort, assuring greater independence,welfare, quality of life, prevention of illnesses/wounds, through the development of textile and polymers applications (cushions, mattresses and mattresses overlays) with functions of monitoring and control of pressure in the body's areas in contact with the support surfaces. In this group of PSN will be enclosed the people with serious motor limitations conditioning their mobility/deambulation, such as bed rest people, patients under effect of sedatives or anaesthesia during long surgeries (intra and post operative), patients and users in general of wheelchairs. These people have, for the most part of the cases, a commitment of sensitivity in the body's areas in contact with the support surfaces, or its motor capacity does not allow them to move regularly of position autonomously, as it would do a healthy person unconsciously. Then, insufficient sanguineous irrigation occurs as result of pressure exceeding too long the tissue capillary pressure depriving tissues of oxygen and essential nutrients, owing to ischemia and hypoxia, which then causes the pressure ulcers (PU) development.
Autores principais:Carvalho, Miguel
Outros Autores:Ferreira, Fernando; Carvalho, Helder; Rocha, J. G.; Martins, Luís Barreiros; Santos, Jorge A.
Assunto:Pressure ulcers Textile sensor Capacitive sensor Health - Prevention of pressure ulcers Comfort-discomfort Monitoring and Control Equality of opportunities - Quality of life
Ano:2009
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:comunicação em conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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