Hemodynamic responses to head-up tilt after spinal cord injury support a role for the mid-thoracic spinal cord in cardiovascular regulation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Bluvshtein, V ^a,b   Korczyn, A D ^b,c   Akselrod, S ^b   Pinhas, I ^b   Gelernter, I ^b   Catz, A ^a,b  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

hemodynamics; power spectrum analysis; spinal cord injuries; tilt table test; transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79551684260     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.98     Document Type: Article

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