Browsing 2015 RD&E publications by Subject "Pre-tibial lacerations"

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Pilot randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people STOPCUTS": study protocol"

Powell, R. J.; Hayward, C. J.; Snelgrove, C. L.; Polverino, K.; Park, L.; Chauhan, R.; Evans, P. H.; Byford, R.; Charman, C.; Foy, C. J.; Kingsley, A. (BioMed Central, 2015-04-01)

BACKGROUND: Skin tears are traumatic injuries occurring mostly on the extremities due to shearing and friction forces that separate the epidermis and the dermis from underlying tissues. They are common and occur mostly in ...