Pressure sores are painful and needless complications of critical illness. and manifest as a localized area of ischemic necrosis of tissue caused by pressure. This study analyzed the bed-backrest elevation system combined with hip and knee flexion for lower extremity lower pressure reduction. Eight healthy adults aged 21 to 26 years were recruited. The Body Pressure Measurement Mat of the TekScan system was used to measure the location and magnitude of the peak pressures on the body bed interface. The SPSS statistical package was used to analyze the significance of differences between the general bed-backrest elevation system and the bed-backrest elevation system combined with hip and knee flexion using the paired t-test. The result showed that the body-pressure of the lower extremity was more significantly reduced for the bed-backrest elevation system combined with hip and knee flexion (26.6±4.3 mmHg) than a general bed-backrest elevation system (37.3±5.2 mmHg) (p<.05).

• Min-hee Kim(Dept. of Rehabilitation Therapy, The Graduate School, Yonsei University)
• Won-gyu Yoo(Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University)
• Chung-hwi Yi(Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Yonsei University) Corresponding author
• Han-sung Kim(Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
• Su-jin Kim(Dept. of Rehabilitation Therapy, The Graduate School, Yonsei University)