Effects of compression stockings on sympathetic activity and heart rate variability in individuals with spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Rimaud, Diana ^a   Calmels, Paul ^a   Pichot, Vincent ^b   Bethoux, Francois ^c   Roche, Frederic ^b  

^a SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Catecholamines; Compression stockings; Heart rate variability; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injuries; Sympathetic nervous system; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; REST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858957010     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000054     Document Type: Article

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