Adapting fast and slow: force-related tissue damage

Adapting fast and slow: force-related tissue damage

Following on from our recent white paper, this article has been published in Wounds UK and explores the science of tissue damage.

It reviews the literature surrounding force-related tissue damage (other terminology for this includes: pressure injury, pressure ulcer, decubitus ulcer) and explains the latest research behind the current understanding of the science beneath the skin.

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