@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998215, title = {Mathematical Modelling of Different Types of Body Support Surface for Pressure Ulcer Prevention}, author = {Mahbub C. Mishu and Venketesh N. Dubey and Tamas Hickish and Jonathan Cole}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Pressure ulcer is a common problem for today’s healthcare industry. It occurs due to external load applied to the skin. Also when the subject is immobile for a longer period of time and there is continuous load applied to a particular area of human body, blood flow gets reduced and as a result pressure ulcer develops. Body support surface has a significant role in preventing ulceration so it is important to know the characteristics of support surface under loading conditions. In this paper we have presented mathematical models of different types of viscoelastic materials and also we have shown the validation of our simulation results with experiments. }, journal = {International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering}, volume = {8}, number = {5}, year = {2014}, pages = {230 - 235}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998215}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/89}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 89, 2014}, }