Browse the latest research summaries in the field of cardiovascular science for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Front. Rehabil. Sci., 2023 • July 26, 2023
This study evaluated the acute cardiovascular effects of a 20-min session of high PAS on 17 healthy individuals by measuring heart rate variability (HRV). The results showed a transient increase in pa...
KEY FINDING: A significant decrease in low-frequency (LF) power and low-frequency to high-frequency (HF) ratio was observed during stimulation, indicating increased parasympathetic activity.
Global Spine Journal, 2024 • March 1, 2024
This guideline updates the 2013 AANS/CNS recommendations on hemodynamic management of patients with acute traumatic SCI, incorporating literature published since 2011. The guideline development group ...
KEY FINDING: The guideline suggests that MAP should be augmented to at least 75-80 mmHg as the “lower limit” in acute traumatic SCI patients.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2024 • January 1, 2024
This study used principal component analysis (PCA) to identify how cardiometabolic (CM) risk factors cluster in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) compared to non-SCI controls, revealing a six-...
KEY FINDING: Principal component analysis (PCA) identified six factor components (FC) explaining 77% and 82% of the total variance in the SCI and non-SCI cohorts, respectively.
Tissue Eng Regen Med, 2023 • September 12, 2023
This study investigates the neuroprotective effects of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the vascular system following spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. The results demonstrate that PEG reduces vascular pe...
KEY FINDING: PEG significantly reduced vascular permeability after SCI, indicating a protective effect on the blood-spinal cord barrier.
J Yeungnam Med Sci, 2023 • September 20, 2023
This retrospective study investigated the incidence and risk factors of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in 271 Korean patients with spinal cord disease admitted to a reh...
KEY FINDING: The incidence of DVT and PTE in patients with spinal cord disease was 6.3% and 6.3%, respectively, within 3 months of disease onset.
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 • September 22, 2023
The addition of 12 weeks of FES-LEC following 12 weeks of NMES-RT did not result in additional increase in muscle size. NMES-RT managed to increase leg VO2 peak compared to PMT; however, the addition ...
KEY FINDING: NMES-RT + FES group showed a trend of a greater VO2 peak in P1 compared to PMT + FES.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2023 • October 16, 2023
This case report highlights the challenge of differentiating essential hypertension from autonomic dysreflexia in a patient with a C1 spinal cord injury. The patient's case required extensive investig...
KEY FINDING: Essential hypertension can occur in patients with spinal cord injury, even those expected to have low blood pressure.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2023 • December 1, 2023
This case report describes the successful treatment of postprandial hypotension (PPH) with acarbose in a 26-year-old male with a complete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The patient presented with ...
KEY FINDING: Low-dose acarbose (25mg three times daily with meals) effectively resolved postprandial hypotension symptoms in a young, non-diabetic adult with cervical SCI.
PeerJ, 2023 • December 18, 2023
The study investigated test-retest reliability of HRV metrics in individuals with SCI using a 1-h measurement in a supine position, comparing it with a 5-min measurement. Relative reliability was gene...
KEY FINDING: Relative reliability was higher for the 1-h than for the 5-min duration in the overall SCI group for all HRV metrics.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to develop data infrastructure and implementation tools to support the collection of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) indicator data among individuals with spi...
KEY FINDING: An AI tool was effective for extracting data with a low error rate (<2%).