Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Autonomic Dysfunction in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A 24-Hour Holter Monitoring and Heart Rate Variability Study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Demirel, Gülçin ^a   Demirel, Seref ^b   Yilmaz, Hürriyet ^c   Akkaya, Vakur ^b   Atilgan, Dursun ^b   Korkut, Ferruh ^b  

^a Istanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Istanbul Erenkoy Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction Heart rate variability; Cardiac dysrhythmia; Chronic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0033502093     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596839901300405     Document Type: Article

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