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The PUMA project aims to create a portable system to prevent and detect pressure ulcers in wheelchair users, particularly those with spinal cord injuries. By focusing on tissue viability and integrating dynamic repositioning and electrical stimulation, the project seeks to enhance quality of life.
Wheelchair users (over 5 Million) are prone to develop Pressure Ulcers (PU), especially Tetraplegic Spinal Cord Injury (T-SCI, 114.000) as they do not dispose of the natural mechanisms for prevention.
T-SCI lack of pain perception, motor control, reduced tissue viability and alterations on the ANS affecting basal tissue status and response (hyperemia).Suffering a PU affects negatively health, needing additional surgical interventions or longer recovery times, constituting even a deadly threat du…
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Netherlands, SINT MICHIELSGESTEL
Type: Company (for-profit)
Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Spain, BARCELONA
Type: SME
Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
SME: Yes
Estonia, TALLINN
Type: Company (for-profit)
Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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