A pilot study evaluating protein abundance in pressure ulcer fluid from people with and without spinal cord injury

To determine whether the biochemistry of chronic pressure ulcers differs between patients with and without chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) through measurement and comparison of the concentration of wound fluid inflammatory mediators, growth factors, cytokines, acute phase proteins, and proteases.Survey.Tertiary spinal cord rehabilitation center and skilled nursing facilities.Twenty-nine subjects with SCI and nine subjects without SCI (>18...