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Table 3 Results of pressure measurement on the femur area

From: Evaluation of the effect of different sitting assistive devices in reclining wheelchair on interface pressure

Modes

FCA (cm2)

FAP (kPa)

FPP (kPa)

BRM

178.69 ± 92.10

1.77 ± 0.51

2.80 ± 0.73

 P (BRM vs. LBM)

0.776

0.804

0.117

 P (BRM vs. FBM)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 P (BRM vs. LFBM)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

LBM

171.38 ± 102.80

1.77 ± 0.48

2.65 ± 0.69

 P (LBM vs. FBM)

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 P (LBM vs. LFBM)

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

FBM

285.06 ± 61.64

3.62 ± 0.77

8.91 ± 1.98

 P (FBM vs. LFBM)

0.278

0.009

0.105

LFBM

299.44 ± 65.58

4.02 ± 0.74

10.13 ± 2.25

 P (BRM vs. LBM vs. FBM vs. LFBM)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. Comparison of mean contact area (CA), average pressure (AP), and peak pressure (PP) on the femur area (FCA, FAP, and FPP) across four different modes, which include back reclined mode (BRM), lumbar support with back reclined mode (LBM), femur upward with back reclined mode (FBM), and lumbar support with femur upward with back reclined mode (LFBM). Values are mean ± standard deviation (N = 16)
  2. P is given for statistical significance