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Due to the relevance of this problem, many hardware and software approaches have been proposed to ameliorate some aspects of pressure ulcer prevention and monitoring. In this article, we focus on reviewing solutions that use sensor-based data, possibly in combination with other intrinsic or extrinsic information, processed by some form of intelligent algorithm, to provide healthcare professionals with knowledge that improves the decision-making process when dealing with a patient at risk of developing pressure ulcers. We used a systematic approach to select 21 studies that were thoroughly reviewed and summarized, considering which sensors and algorithms were used, the most relevant data features, the recommendations provided, and the results obtained after deployment. This review allowed us not only to describe the state of the art regarding the previous items, but also to identify the three main stages where intelligent algorithms can bring meaningful improvement to pressure ulcer prevention and mitigation. Finally, as a result of this review and following discussion, we drew guidelines for a general architecture of an intelligent pressure ulcer prevention system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/computers11010006","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,3]],"date-time":"2022-01-03T20:49:38Z","timestamp":1641242978000},"page":"6","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["A Review of Intelligent Sensor-Based Systems for Pressure Ulcer Prevention"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0620-7518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arlindo","family":"Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7327-2109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Metr\u00f4lho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1225-3844","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernando","family":"Ribeiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Filipe","family":"Fidalgo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Osvaldo","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6810-2447","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rog\u00e9rio","family":"Dionisio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1186","article-title":"Pressure ulcers: Prevention, evaluation, and management","volume":"78","author":"Bluestein","year":"2008","journal-title":"Am. 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