The impact of spinal cord injury on breathing during sleep

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-354

  Fuller, David D ^a   Lee, Kun Ze ^b   Tester, Nicole J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; APNEA INDEX; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN DESATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPINE POSITION;

SLEEP APNEA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884184895     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.06.009     Document Type: Review

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