Journal article
Cardiac parasympathetic activity and ventricular diastolic interactions in individuals with spinal cord injury
Abstract
Study designCohort cross-sectional study.ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between cardiac vagal activity and left ventricular filling at rest and during vagal stimulation, via the cold face test (CFT), in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).SettingUniversity-based laboratory at Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.MethodsA total of 12 able-bodied (age: 40 ± 8.5 years) and 13 SCI individuals (age: 41 ± 8.5 years; C4-T6; …
Authors
Sharif H; Wainman L; O’Leary D; Ditor D
Journal
Spinal Cord, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 419–426
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
May 2019
DOI
10.1038/s41393-018-0224-6
ISSN
1362-4393