Muscle Pressure in the Flank Position

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tissue Breakdown

In brief

Using healthy volunteers, participants will lay on an operating room table in various positions employed during kidney surgery. Using a pressure sensor mat, we hope to determine which areas of the body are subject to higher pressures. Using padding devices (foam, gel, water mattress)which are currently used in the operating room will be employed and measurements will be taken to determine which padding material and configurations is optimal to reduce the pressure to those body parts at risk for excessive pressure subject during laparoscopic surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00395980

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

20

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2007-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-12-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with musculoskeletal disabilities

Where it is running

• University of California, Irvine Medical Center — Orange, California, United States

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