Evaluation of Cardiovascular Autonomic Function during Inpatient Rehabilitation following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT: Assessment of the degree of impaired autonomic nervous system (ANS) function is not part of routine clinical practice during inpatient rehabilitation following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). The goal of this investigation was to determine the utility of the International Standards for Neurologic Classification of SCI (ISNCSCI) and the recently revised International Standards to document remaining Autonomic Function after SCI (ISAFSCI) in documenting cardiovascular ANS impairment during inpatient rehabilitation following traumatic SCI. Beat-to-beat recording of supine heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) were collected at the bedside for estimation of total cardiovascular ISAFSCI score, cardio-vagal modulation (i.e., high frequency HR variability [HF_HRV]) and sympathetic

SUBMITTER: Wecht JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9734019 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature