Autonomic nervous system dysfunction after spinal cord injury

SV Garstang, SA Miller-Smith - … medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North …, 2007 - Elsevier
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a key role in the regulation of many physiologic
processes, mediated by supraspinal control from centers in the central nervous system. The …

Assessment of autonomic dysfunction following spinal cord injury: rationale for additions to International Standards for Neurological Assessment.

AV Krassioukov, AK Karlsson… - Journal of …, 2007 - search.ebscohost.com
We present a preliminary report of the discussion of the joint committee of the American
Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) and the International Spinal Cord Society concerning the …

Optimal treatment for severe neurogenic bowel dysfunction after chronic spinal cord injury: a decision analysis

JC Furlan, DR Urbach, MG Fehlings - Journal of British Surgery, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background When conservative management fails in patients with chronic spinal cord injury
(SCI) and neurogenic bowel dysfunction, clinicians have to choose from a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in chronic human spinal cord injury

AD Ackery, MD Norenberg, A Krassioukov - Spinal cord, 2007 - nature.com
Study Design: Histopathological study of the human spinal cord. Setting: International
Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Rationale: In animals …

[HTML][HTML] The individual relationship between heart rate and oxygen uptake in people with a tetraplegia during exercise

LJM Valent, AJ Dallmeijer, H Houdijk, J Slootman… - Spinal cord, 2007 - nature.com
Study design: Descriptive study. Objective: To examine the individual heart rate–oxygen
uptake (HR–VO 2) relationship during exercise in persons with tetraplegia (TP). Setting …

Analysis of the relationship between sacral skin blood flow and transcutaneous oxygenation in response to causative factors of pressure ulcers in healthy subjects

G Meloy - 2007 - d-scholarship.pitt.edu
Pressure ulcers significantly contribute to the diminished quality of life and substantial
disability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). A broad consensus among clinicians and …