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Heel Offloading

Heel Offloading is a pressure redistribution strategy that specifically involves the systematic unloading of plantar surface pressure from the heel region to prevent or mitigate pressure injury development in immobilized or at-risk individuals.

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Authors

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

6

Pressure-relieving properties of various shoe inserts in older people with plantar heel pain

Daniel R. Bonanno, Karl B. Landorf, Hylton B. Menz · Gait & Posture · 2011 · 106 citations

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In-shoe plantar pressure distribution during running on natural grass and asphalt in recreational runners

Vitor Daniel Tessutti, Francis Trombini-Souza, Ana Paula Ribeiro et al. · Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2008 · 97 citations

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Practice recommendations for preventing heel pressure ulcers.

Evonne Fowler, Suzy Scott-Williams, James McGuire · PubMed · 2008 · 54 citations

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An RCT to determine the effect of a heel elevation device in pressure ulcer prevention post-hip fracture

Jeannie Donnelly, J. R. Winder, George Kernohan et al. · Journal of Wound Care · 2011 · 45 citations

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Finite element-based method for determining an optimal offloading design for treating and preventing heel ulcers

Hadar Shaulian, Amit Gefen, Deborah Solomonow‐Avnon et al. · Computers in Biology and Medicine · 2021 · 25 citations

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Authors

22

  1. AL
    Ana Luiza Nunes

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    1 publications · 97 citations

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  2. MS
    Mark Stevenson

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  3. EF
    Evonne Fowler

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States

    1 publications · 54 citations

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  4. FT
    Francis Trombini-Souza

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    1 publications · 97 citations

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  5. ID
    Isabel de Camargo Neves Sacco

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    1 publications · 97 citations

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Institutions

9

  1. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    390 citations

  2. Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  3. Royal Victoria Hospital

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  4. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    135 citations

  5. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  6. Memorial Hospital

    York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    54 citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

    Haifa, Israel

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    75 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of science and medicine in sport

    1 publications · 97 citations

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  2. Gait & Posture

    1 publications · 106 citations

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  3. The Knee

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  4. Journal of Wound Care

    JWC · 1 publications · 45 citations

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  5. Computers in Biology and Medicine

    1 publications · 25 citations

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