Proceedings of the 17th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting
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Proceedings of the 17th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting
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Introduction

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fore the closing date of 30th April, 2014.

Methods

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Fig. 1: The experimental setup.

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S=f×N / (1)

where S and N are the shear and normal forces (in Newtons) and f is the friction coefficient.

Results

Table 1: Summary of the most important data

Group / Surgery time [hours] / Pressure ulcers
Control (N=25) / 6.5 ± 0.5 / 15%
Intervention (N=20) / 6.7 ± 0.6 / 7%

Discussion

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Clinical relevance

Briefly summarize the clinical relevance of your work here (1-2 sentences).

Acknowledgements

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Conflict of Interest

References

[1] Author A. et al., J. Tissue Viability. 10:1-10, 2009

[2] Author B. et al., J. Wound Care. 11:155-7, 2007

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