{"671297":{"#nid":"671297","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sensor Fabric, Big Data Could Help End Pressure Injuries for Wheelchair Users","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt least half of veterans with spinal cord injuries will develop sores on their skin from the unrelieved pressure of sitting for long periods of time in a wheelchair. It\u2019s a constant worry, because these skin ulcers can greatly limit patients\u2019 mobility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPressure injuries directly impact the veteran\u2019s quality of life, because the medical provider will order the veteran to bed rest for weeks and potentially months,\u201d said Kim House, a physician and medical director of the Spinal Cord Injury Clinic at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Healthcare System. \u201cAt every clinic visit, I provide education for pressure injury prevention.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHouse could one day have a new tool to offer her patients, thanks to researchers in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, and wheelchair-bound veterans are just the beginning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaterials engineers are developing new fabric sensors and a customized wheelchair system that assesses and automatically eases pressure at contact points to prevent injuries from developing in the first place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have three key issues happening: First, continuous pressure. Second, moisture, because when you\u0027re sitting in the same spot, you tend to sweat and generate moisture. And third is shear. When you try to move somebody, the skin shears. That perfect combination is what causes pressure injuries,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\/people\/sundaresan-jayaraman\u0022\u003ESundaresan Jayaraman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (MSE). \u201cWe believe we have a solution to the perfect storm of pressure, moisture and shear, which means the user\u2019s quality of life is going to get better.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/sensor-fabric-big-data-could-help-end-pressure-injuries-wheelchair-users\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGet the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMSE researchers are using a Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine to develop a pressure-relieving sensor system that could also be used in hospital beds.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"MSE researchers are using a Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine to develop a pressure-relieving sensor system that could also be used in hospital beds."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-11-29 14:53:14","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:40:29","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672467":{"id":"672467","type":"image","title":"Wheelchair Pressure Injuries - Sundaresan Jayaraman \u0026 Sungmee Park","body":"\u003Cp\u003ESundaresan Jayaraman (left) looks at pressure data from fabric sensors he developed with Sungmee Park, who is seated in their prototype wheelchair system. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1701269721","gmt_created":"2023-11-29 14:55:21","changed":"1701269721","gmt_changed":"2023-11-29 14:55:21","alt":"  Sundaresan Jayaraman (left) looks at pressure data from fabric sensors he developed with Sungmee Park, who is seated in their prototype wheelchair system. 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