ischium

Examples

• All

• The ischium (24 percent), sacrum (23 percent), trochanter (15 percent), heel (8 percent), and scapula (5 percent) are the most common sites for these ulcers (2).

  Academic text (1999)

• For example, debilitated patients confined to a nursing home bed are prone to the development of ulcers over the sacrum and ischium areas.

  Academic text (1999)

• The interface pressure distribution across the ischium was continuously measured by the Oxford Pressure Monitor.

  Academic text (1993)

• GRAPH: Figure 6. Sweat analysis of normal subjects under the ischium. During load, the subject sat in a wheelchair.

  Academic text (1993)

• The subject was seated directly on the canvas of a standard wheelchair with sweat pads attached to the ischium, as shown in Figure 2.

  Academic text (1993)

• Both the wheelchair and bed support surfaces provided mean interface pressures at the ischium and sacrum, respectively, which were representative of the clinical setting.

  Academic text (1993)

• The fusion of three ossification centers, the ilium, the ischium, and the pubis, makes up the innominate bone.

  Academic text (2006)

• Each innominate consists of ilium, ischium, and pubis and bears an acetabulum for the femur, as it does in land mammals.

  Academic text (2001)

• Measurement of TcpO2 for the PU group was performed by placing the membrane electrode 1 cm from the pressure ulcer located on either the trochanter, ischium, or sacrum.

  Academic text (1999)

• During a fall, he landed directly on his ischium, causing considerable pain.

Synonyms

I

ischial bone

vsischium

• Specialized

8.5

The lower back part of the hip bone that forms the pelvis

is the curved part forming the lower back of each pelvic half

O

os ischii

vsischium

• Specialized

9.9

The lower back part of the hip bone that you sit on

is the same lower back pelvic section but less technical

Surface Forms

Etymology