Applanation tonometry: A reliable technique to assess aortic pulse wave velocity in spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 272-275

  Currie, K D ^a   Hubli, M ^a   Krassioukov, A V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; APPLANATION TONOMETER; APPLANATION TONOMETRY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE METER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TONOMETRY; WAVEFORM; ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPINE POSITION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84897970348     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2013.176     Document Type: Article

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