作者
Anthony F DiMarco, Krzysztof E Kowalski, Robert T Geertman, Dana R Hromyak
发表日期
2009/5/1
期刊
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
卷号
90
期号
5
页码范围
717-725
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Geertman RT, Hromyak DR. Lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation to restore cough in patients with spinal cord injury: results of a National Institutes of Health–sponsored clinical trial. Part I: methodology and effectiveness of expiratory muscle activation.
OBJECTIVE
Evaluation of the capacity of lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to activate the expiratory muscles and generate large airway pressures and high peak airflows characteristic of cough, in subjects with tetraplegia.
DESIGN
Clinical trial.
SETTING
Inpatient hospital setting for electrode insertion; outpatient setting for measurement of respiratory pressures; home setting for application of SCS.
PARTICIPANTS
Subjects (N=9; 8 men, 1 woman) with cervical spinal cord injury and weak cough.
INTERVENTIONS
A fully implantable electrical stimulation system was surgically placed in each subject. Partial hemilaminectomies were …
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