Journal article
Assessing Heart Rate Variability As a Surrogate Measure of Cardiac Autonomic Function in Chronic Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.
Abstract
Background: Although cardiac autonomic dysfunction is a contributing factor for cardiovascular disease development in individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI), it remains poorly understood. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis has the potential to non-invasively assess the cardiac autonomic nervous system. The study objectives are (a) to determine if there are differences in HRV measures across neurological level of impairment (NLI) and …
Authors
El-Kotob R; Craven BC; Mathur S; Ditor DS; Oh P; Miyatani M; Verrier MC
Journal
Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 28–36
Publisher
American Spinal Injury Association
Publication Date
January 2018
DOI
10.1310/sci17-00002
ISSN
1082-0744