Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is often devastating, and imposes significant emotional and
economic costs to the individual and society. The morbidity and sequelae are severe and …

Background Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction is a relatively common secondary
complication of tetraplegia. In addition to low baseline arterial blood pressure, tetraplegics …

Autonomic dysreflexia is a dangerous elevation in blood pressure in people with spinal cord
injury (SCI), produced by a spinally-mediated reflex activation of sympathetic vasoconstrictor …

Abstract Background Context Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) usually presents with a significant
increase in blood pressure, and uncontrollable autonomic response to stimuli below the …

Study design: Prospective assessment of cardiovascular parameters in individuals with
spinal cord injury (SCI) in response to harness application and postural changes including …

Objective: To create an International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Cardiovascular Function Basic
Data Set within the framework of the International SCI Data Sets. Setting: An international …

Each year approximately one million people suffer spinal cord injury, which has significant
physical, psychosocial and economic impacts on patients and their families. Spinal cord …

The purpose of this study was to define the relationships among clinical characteristics of
chronic pain, injury characteristics, affective factors and autonomic dysreflexia (AD) in …

Pain (nociceptive) input soon after spinal cord injury (SCI) expands the area of tissue loss
(secondary injury) and impairs long-term recovery. Evidence suggests that nociceptive …

Pain (nociceptive) input caudal to a spinal contusion injury can undermine long-term
recovery and increase tissue loss (secondary injury). Prior work suggests that nociceptive …