Open AccessUse of night-time positioning equipment in care home residents with postural asymmetry: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Melanie Stephens,
Carol Bartley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing older people
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.185
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2047-8941
pISSN - 1472-0795
DOI - 10.7748/nop.2020.e1216
Subject(s) - physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychology , gerontology , physical therapy
Twenty four-hour postural care that includes the use of night-time positioning equipment (NTPE) is being increasingly recommended. However, because most of the published studies focus on children, there is a lack of evidence on the use of NTPE in adults.
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