Pilot parallel randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people: ‘STOPCUTS’

Pilot parallel randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people: ‘STOPCUTS’

Abstract Background Skin tears are common in older adults and those taking steroids and warfarin. They are traumatic, often blunt injuries caused by oblique knocks to the extremities. The epidermis may separate from the dermis or both layers from underlying tissues leaving a skin flap or total loss...

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Main Authors: Roy J. Powell, Christopher J. Hayward, Caroline L. Snelgrove, Kathleen Polverino, Linda Park, Rohan Chauhan, Philip H. Evans, Rachel Byford, Carolyn Charman, Christopher J. W. Foy, Colin Pritchard, Andrew Kingsley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Skin tears
Pre-tibial lacerations
Prevention
Protective socks
‘Dermatuff’
Kevlar
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-017-0182-3

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