Skin response to sustained loading: A clinical explorative study

Subepidermal moisture detection of heel pressure injury: The pressure ulcer detection study outcomes

“…Additionally, there may be differences in anatomical location as Cox et al's study included locations other than heels. As noted earlier, the anatomy of the heel critically differs from typical truncal PrI sites and this may influence heel skin response to prolonged loading …”

Using ultrasound elastography to monitor human soft tissue behaviour during prolonged loading: A clinical explorative study

“…Moreover, we observed loading dependent changes in skin stiffness (superficial ROIs). Continuous mechanical deformation of the skin leads to a variety of morphological and functional changes like altered orientation of collagen fibres [31], reduction of blood flow [32,33], and increase of skin temperature [19,26]. Empirical evidence suggests that increasing skin temperature is associated with increasing skin stiffness under loading [34].…”

“…This was part of a larger study focussing on skin structural and functional parameters during prolonged loading [26,27]. Among others, inclusion criteria were (1) female gender, (2) age 60e80 years, (3) ability to sit, lie, and move independently for prolonged periods of time, and (4) written informed consent.…”

Transepidermal water loss in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis update

“…Looking at the results of the 45 new studies, at least two measurements were performed in 14 [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] of the 45 studies, and the TEWL devices were calibrated prior to the study in four. [31][32][33][34] Avoidance of air turbulence was reported in five 18,19,31,34,35 of the 45 studies.…”