Contoured foam cushions in spinal cord injury care: Cinderella’s shoe does not fit anymore! by Amit Gefen, Naama Shoham, Ayelet Levy, Kara Kopplin.
Guidelines for preventing sitting-acquired pressure ulcers (PUs) repeatedly recommend the use of soft and thick cushions designed for distributing buttocks- support loads, particularly on wheelchairs. Recently, it was suggested that contoured foam cushions (CFCs) which fit the individual’s buttocks shape could provide good efficacy since they create large buttocks-cushion contact areas [1].
