Journal of Tissue Viability
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 67-76 , May 2010

Deep tissue injury rat model for pressure ulcer research on spinal cord injury

  • Fang Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E. Superior Str. Suite 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, 345 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Atek Pandya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E. Superior Str. Suite 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew Cichowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E. Superior Str. Suite 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Mauli Modi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Briana Reprogle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Dongkeun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Norio Kadono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Mohsen Makhsous

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E. Superior Str. Suite 1406, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, 345 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University, 676 N. Saint Clair, Suite 1350, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Tel.: +1 312 503 0073; fax: +1 312 908 0741.

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PII: S0965-206X(09)00061-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtv.2009.11.009

Journal of Tissue Viability
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 67-76 , May 2010

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