Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Practicability

• Published in: Journal of neurotrauma Vol. 31; no. 9; pp. 789 - 797
• Main Authors: Hubli, Michèle, Krassioukov, Andrei V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Ambulatory care; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; Clinical trials; Humans; Review; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology

Trauma to the spinal cord often results not only in sensorimotor but also autonomic impairments. The loss of autonomic control over the cardiovascular system can cause profound blood pressure (BP) derangements in subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI) and may therefore lead to increased cardiovascul...