The Role of Shear Stress and Shear Strain in Pressure Injury Development

Caroline Portoghese¹, Michelle Deppisch, Sharon Sonenblum+6

• ¹Caroline Portoghese, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, is Assistive Technology Professional and Rehabilitation Consultant, Handi Medical, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Michelle Deppisch, PT, CWS, is Wound Care Consultant, Michele Deppisch PT, CWS, LLC, Hertford, North Carolina. Sharon Sonenblum, PhD, is Principal Research Scientist, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. Barbara Samson, OTR/L, MBA, CWS, CSPHC, is Executive Clinical Specialist, Mölnlycke Health Care, Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Cassendra Munro, PhD, RN, RNFA, CNOR, Nurse Scientist, Stanford Health Care, Office of Research, Patient Care Services, Menlo Park, California. Virginia Capasso, PhD, ANP-BC, ACNS-BC, CWS, is Advanced Practice Nurse and Nurse Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Evan Call, MS, CSM-NRM, is Adjunct Faculty, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. Joyce Black, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Florence Neidfelt Professor of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska. David Brienza, PhD, is Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted March 12, 2023; accepted in revised form July 5, 2023.