Maintenance of the sporting activity of elite athletes in adapted sports can be difficult if a secondary disorder, such as a pressure ulcer, occurs. Pressure ulcers result from deep tissue injuries by external pressure. The purpose of this study was to use ultrasonography to investigate deep tissue injuries in male wheelchair basketball players of a Japanese national team, and to determine fact…
In our previous study, a fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2)eapatite composite layer coated on titanium screws effectively prevented pin tract infection in rabbits because of enhanced wound healing; however, the FGF-2eapatite composite layers did not completely prevent pin tract infection. Thus, we recently developed a poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) sponge pad embedded with cefazolin sodium (þCEZ)…