Skin Shear Stress
Skin shear stress is an internal stress caused when adjacent surfaces slide across each other, which results in twisting and tearing of the underlying blood vessels and leads to tissue ischaemia and localised tissue death.
About Skin Shear Stress
Shear stresses commonly occur when patients are semi-recumbent in bed. The body begins to slide and, before the frictional force of the skin on the bedclothes is overcome, the internal parts of the body, such as the skeleton, move down the bed. As the skin does not move, there is a stretching or tearing of the blood vessels.
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