Non-invasive electrocardiographic assessments of cardiac autonomic modulation in individuals with spinal cord injury

H Sharif, PJ Millar, AV Incognito, DS Ditor - Spinal cord, 2016 - nature.com
Study design: Review. Objectives: The purpose of this review is to discuss the utility of linear
and non-linear heart rate variability (HRV) as well as the QT-variability index (QTVI) as …

The influence of cardiac autonomic activity on the QT-variability index in able-bodied and incomplete spinal cord injured individuals

H Sharif, LM Cotie, MF La Fountaine, DS Ditor - Autonomic Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate, via autonomic blockade, if the QT-variability index (QTVI) is a
measure of cardiac autonomic regulation in able-bodied (AB) and incomplete spinal cord …

A call to reevaluate cardiac autonomic assessment after spinal cord injury

H Sharif, MF La Fountaine… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
This “Perspectives” article puts forward the notion that measuring heart rate variability, or
other forms of cardiac autonomic regulation, after spinal cord injury must be performed …

Reproducibility of the QT-variability index in individuals with spinal cord injury

H Sharif, D Allison, D O'Leary, D Ditor - Autonomic Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine the day-to-day reproducibility of the QT-variability index (QTVI) and the
QT-apex variability index (QTaVI) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods Ten …

Cardiac Autonomic Assessment and Diastolic Function in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

H Sharif - 2017 - dr.library.brocku.ca
The primary purpose of this thesis was to examine the validity and reproducibility of the QT-
variability index (QTVI) as a measure of cardiac autonomic function in individuals with spinal …

-Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Heart Rate Variability and Blood Pressure Variability

DS Ditor, D Allison, MV Kamath - Heart Rate Variability (HRV) …, 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The incidence rate of spinal cord injury (SCI) varies widely across different parts of the world.
While the incidence rate is estimated at 35 per million in Canada, in the United States, the …