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Nursing Research and Practice
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 124095, 13 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/124095
Review Article

Reviewing the Literature on the Effectiveness of Pressure Relieving Movements

Rachel Schofield, Alison Porter-Armstrong, and May Stinson

Rehabilitation Sciences and Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, BT37 0QB, UK

Received 22 June 2012; Accepted 12 November 2012

Academic Editor: Jeannie Donnelly

Copyright © 2013 Rachel Schofield et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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