Autonomic dysreflexia: Current evidence related to unstable arterial blood pressure control among athletes with spinal cord injury

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-45

  Krassioukov, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

autonomic dysreflexia; boosting; cardiovascular; performance; spinal cord injury; wheelchair athletes

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLADDER DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; ENTERITIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PARALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS;

EID: 84855666475     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3182420699     Document Type: Article

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