Key result
Autonomic completeness of spinal cord injury was more strongly related to cardiovascular function than neurological completeness in chronic SCI, with enhanced blood pressure and heart rate.
Why the study?
Does autonomic completeness of injury better predict cardiovascular function than neurological completeness in individuals with spinal cord injury?
Systematic Review
Does autonomic completeness of injury better predict cardiovascular function than neurological completeness in individuals with spinal cord injury?
Autonomic completeness of injury is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular function than neurological completeness in chronic spinal cord injury.
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Autonomic completeness may refine cardiovascular risk stratification in chronic SCI; supports prioritizing autonomic over neurological completeness assessment.
West et al. (2013) conducted a systematic review in Spinal Cord Injury. Autonomic completeness of spinal cord injury vs. Neurological completeness of spinal cord injury was evaluated on Cardiovascular function (resting heart rate, blood pressure, autonomic dysreflexia). Autonomic completeness of spinal cord injury was more strongly related to cardiovascular function than neurological completeness in chronic SCI, with enhanced blood pressure and heart rate.
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