Cutaneous vasoconstriction as a measure of incipient autonomic dysreflexia during penile vibratory stimulation in spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 538-544

  Brown, R ^a,c   Stolzenhein, G ^b   Engel, S ^b   MacEfield, V G ^a,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Blood pressure; Cutaneous blood flow; Penile vibratory stimulation; Spinal cord injury; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TONOMETRY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWEATING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651165210     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.158     Document Type: Article

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