D Norman

..The evidence that wound healing is adversely affected by age-related changes is inconclusive. Some studies report that ageing skin loses its ability to regenerate, whereas others have found that ageing processes can have beneficial effects...

..There are two schools of thought of how wound contraction occurs. Some researchers argue that myofibroblasts have contractile properties, whereas others propose that fibroblasts exert the force needed to achieve contraction...

..Health service providers rely on pressure-relieving and pressure-reducing products to prevent pressure ulcers. This review critically examines interface pressure measurements, most commonly used to evaluate patient support surfaces...

..This healing pattern of the necrotic femoral head was reminiscent of the progressive remodelling that occurs in rings in femoral capital osteonecrosis of adult human patients and in Perthes's disease of children...

..Synthesis and release of excessive amounts of vascular endothelial growth factor by these fibroblasts explain the lively angiogenesis in the necrotic intertrabecular spaces of the femoral heads...