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If one is to try to protect an insensitive body surface from mechanical forces that may damage it, there are two choices. We may try to monitor the forces or we may try to evaluate the response of the living cells of the patient in a way that does not epend on the nerves.
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Brand, P.W. (1976). Patient Monitoring. In: Kenedi, R.M., Cowden, J.M. (eds) Bed Sore Biomechanics. Strathclyde Bioengineering Seminars. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02492-6_24
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