ArticleSpinal cord2015
Does locomotor training improve pulmonary function in patients with spinal cord injury?
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- Effect of Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Function in People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
- Noninvasive Electrical Modalities to Alleviate Respiratory Deficits Following Spinal Cord Injury.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve restores inspiratory diaphragm function in mice after spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2024Article
- Locomotor-respiratory coupling in ambulatory adults with incomplete spinal cord injury.Spinal cord series and cases · 2022Observational
- ICT-Based Health Care Services for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Feasibility Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- A Review of Different Stimulation Methods for Functional Reconstruction and Comparison of Respiratory Function after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2020Review
- Energy efficient physiologic coupling of gait and respiration is altered in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- Effect of overground locomotor training on ventilatory kinetics and rate of perceived exertion in persons with cervical motor-incomplete spinal cord injury.Spinal cord series and cases · 2019Article
- Modulation of Respiratory System by Limb Muscle Afferents in Intact and Injured Spinal Cord.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Review
- Effects of overground locomotor training on the ventilatory response to volitional treadmill walking in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury: a pilot study.Spinal cord series and cases · 2017Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to compare the effects of a locomotor training (LT) combined rehabilitation program with a rehabilitation-only program on pulmonary function in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients by investigating spirometric analyses of the patients.
settingRehabilitation center in Ankara, Turkey.
methodsFifty-two patients (40 male, 12 female) with SCI enrolled in the study. The subjects were divided into two groups: the first group (group A) received both LT and a rehabilitation program and the second group (group B) received only the rehabilitation program for 4 weeks. The LT program was prescribed as three 30-min sessions per week. Pulmonary function was evaluated spirometrically in both groups before and after the rehabilitation program.
resultsThe spirometric values of the SCI patients, including forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, forced expiratory flow rate and vital capacity (VC) and VC%, increased significantly with LT in the first group (all P<0.05). Maximum voluntary ventilation values increased significantly in both groups (both P<0.05).
conclusionThese findings suggest that LT is effective for improving pulmonary function in SCI patients. We also highlight the useful effects of LT, which are likely the result of erect posture, gait and neuroplastic changes that prevent potential complications in SCI patients.
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