Comparison of changes in heart rate variability and sacral skin perfusion in response to postural changes in people with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-214

  Jan, Yih Kuen ^a,b   Anderson, Mark ^a   Soltani, Jeanine ^c   Burns, Stephanie ^d   Foreman, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mercy Health Center   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood flow oscillations; Heart rate; Laser Doppler; Microvascular function; Postural change; Pressure ulcer; Skin blood flow; Spectral analysis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW OSCILLATIONS; HEART RATES; LASER DOPPLER; MICROVASCULAR FUNCTIONS; POSTURAL CHANGE; PRESSURE ULCERS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HEART;

BACLOFEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE; TOLTERODINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULATURE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SKIN PERFUSION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHOVAGAL BALANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876849232     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.08.0138     Document Type: Article

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