The Effect of a Liner on the Dispersion of Sacral Interface Pressures During Spinal Immobilization.

Sacral pressure ulcers are a significant problem following spinal cord injury and are felt to be in part due to the high interface-pressures generated while strapped to the spine board. The objective of this study was to determine sacral interface-pressure and sensing area in healthy volunteers on a spine board and the effects of a gel pressure dispersion liner. Thirty-seven volunteers were placed on a pressure-sensing mat between the subject and the spine board.

Preventive health care among community-dwelling persons with spinal cord injury.

Objective: To describe preventive health examinations/tests and behaviors of persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Survey.

Setting: SCI clinic and telephone contact.

A descriptive study on vitamin D levels in individuals with spinal cord injury in an acute inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of inadequate or severely deficient levels of vitamin D in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation service and to describe any associations between patient demographics and injury characteristics and vitamin D levels.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Academic inpatient SCI rehabilitation program.