Abstract:Background: Sympathetic and parasympathetic activity shift in response to body position changing. Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients have problems controlling autonomic functions occurs as a result of an imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Despite the fact that changing body position is often used in SCI rehabilitation, few studies have compared the autonomic activity of SCI patients at different body positions. Heart rate variability (HRV) can be used to invasively assess car… Show more
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