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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | Pilot and Feasibility Studies |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-017-0182-3 |