Kempland C Walley, Nicholas Farrar, Kameron Shams, Albert T Anastasio, Davin Gong, Kristopher Mell, James R Holmes, David M Walton, Paul G Talusan
BACKGROUND: Though ubiquitously used in orthopaedic trauma, lower extremity splints may have associated iatrogenic risk of morbidity. Although clinicians pad bony prominences to minimize skin pressure, the effect of joint position on skin pressure and, more specifically, changing joint position, is understudied. The purpose of this biomechanical study is to determine the effect of various short-leg splint application techniques on anterior ankle surface pressure in the development of iatrogenic skin pressure ulcers...
January 2023: Foot & ankle orthopaedics