Browse the latest research summaries in the field of cardiovascular science for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • August 19, 2019
This case report describes a 62-year-old woman with cervical SCI who experienced postprandial hypotension (PPH). She presented with lightheadedness, visual disturbances and neck pain. Treatment with a...
KEY FINDING: Acarbose effectively managed PPH symptoms and attenuated blood pressure drops in a woman with long-standing cervical SCI.
Int J Neurorehabil, 2019 • January 1, 2019
This dual case study examined the cardiometabolic health response to FES cycling combined with nutritional counseling in two individuals with chronic SCI; one person with LMN-SCI and one with UMN-SCI....
KEY FINDING: The LMN-SCI subject decreased body weight but increased body fat percentage, while the UMN-SCI subject had a minimal decrease in body weight and a decrease in body fat percentage.
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2011 • September 1, 2011
This case report describes a 71-year-old female ALS patient who developed DVT associated with May-Thurner syndrome (MTS). MTS is the compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac...
KEY FINDING: A 71-year-old woman with ALS presented with pain and edema in her left leg and was diagnosed with DVT in the left common iliac and femoral veins.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2012 • January 1, 2012
This case report describes a 43-year-old man with a thoracic spinal cord injury who was diagnosed with simultaneous pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and hemopericardium. The patient was successfully tr...
KEY FINDING: The patient with acute spinal cord injury presented with simultaneous PTE and hemopericardium, a rare complication involving conflicting treatments.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2012 • September 1, 2012
This article describes a systematic procedure for individualized CMS risk assessment after SCI, and emphasizes evidence-based and intuition-centered countermeasures to disease. Customization of dietar...
KEY FINDING: Persons with SCI commonly have component and coalesced health risks of cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS).
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2012 • January 1, 2012
The study evaluated the test–retest reliability of aortic PWV, leg PWV and arm PWV in people with chronic SCI. Aortic PWV and leg PWV had almost perfect test–retest reliability. The test–retest reliab...
KEY FINDING: Aortic and leg PWV measurements showed high test–retest reliability in individuals with chronic SCI.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2012 • January 1, 2012
This study provides preliminary evidence that women with SCI may have comparable trends in CMR as those observed in nondisabled women of similar menopausal status. The study found that postmenopausal ...
KEY FINDING: Postmenopausal women with SCI had significantly higher triglyceride levels compared to premenopausal women (101.8 mg/dL vs 55.7 mg/dL, P = .01).
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2013 • September 1, 2013
This study aimed to identify medically relevant aspects of blood pressure dysregulation (BPD) related to quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and propose an integrated conceptu...
KEY FINDING: The most frequent topic discussed in focus groups was symptoms of BPD, followed by precipitators/causes, preventative actions, corrective actions, and impact on social/emotional functioning.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2013 • April 1, 2013
This study aimed to determine baseline blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) measurements in youth with SCI, and to investigate differences in BP and HR in relation to age, gender, body mass index (...
KEY FINDING: With increasing age, SBP and DBP increased and HR decreased.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2013 • January 1, 2013
This retrospective study analyzed the rehabilitation outcomes of eight patients with SDAVF over a 20-year period, focusing on the correlation between time to diagnosis and functional recovery. The stu...
KEY FINDING: A significant correlation was found between time to diagnosis and the height of the SDAVF, with patients diagnosed late and with high SDAVF having the poorest prognosis.