The aging of the human population has a profound impact on all aspects of social life, with particular reference to healthcare processes. This fact involves a variety of preventive actions aimed at delaying and contrasting decline in the daily activities of each individual from a physiological point of view. One of the biggest challenges that healthcare professionals try to face is the prevention of pressure ulcers, which are one of the most periodic and feared consequences of aging. Pressure ulcers (PUs), also called bedsores or pressure sores, are injuries whose formation happens when the skin is under constant pressure for a long enough period of time, and it occurs more frequently in hospitalized patients. Data from the National Advisory
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