Exploring the associations between arterial stiffness and spinal cord impairment: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-564

  Miyatani, Masae ^a   Szeto, Maggie ^a   Moore, Cameron ^a,b   Oh, Paul I ^a,c   McGillivray, Colleen F ^a,c   Craven, B Catharine ^a,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Coronary artery disease; Paraplegia; Pulse wave velocity; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAPLEGIA; PULSE WAVE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84907912245     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772314Y.0000000261     Document Type: Article

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