Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 52. No. 4., 2013.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Control of Heart Rate by the Autonomic Nervous System in Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Krstačić Antonija
Krstačić Goran
Gamberger Dragan
Sažetak
Spinal cord injury may cause loss of cardiovascular reflexes mediated by sympathetic drive due to interruption in the supraspinal control of spinal sympathetic motoneurons. The aim of this study was to analyze sympathovagal balance after acute spinal cord injury demonstrated
by linear measures in time and frequency domain of heart rate variability (HRV ). The study included 40 tatraplegic patients after acute spinal cord injury and 40 healthy subjects as controls. Cardiac autonomic balance was evaluated by HRV analysis in time and frequency domain. The ratio of low to high frequencies (LF /HF ) was statistically significantly (Mann-Whitney U=0.0; Z=-7.7; P<0.001) different between the group with cervical spine injuries 0.41 (0158) and control group 1.71 (1875). LH /HF was significantly reduced in the group of patients with acute trauma. This study established HRV analysis by linear methods as an objective measure of normal and abnormal function of the autonomic nervous system. In conclusion, spinal cord injury causes dysfunction of the autonomic cardiovascular regulation and leads to disturbances of the modulatory sympathetic activity on the cardiovascular system. The HRV parameters analyzed indicate decreased but still present sympathetic activity and suggest that descending and ascending fibers of the sympathetic nervous system in isolated segment are undamaged, although without supraspinal control after acute spinal cord injury.
Ključne riječi
Cervical vertebrae – injuries; Spinal cord injuries; Autonomic nervous system – physiopathology; Sympathetic nervous system – physiopathology; Heart rate – physiology; Sympathovagal balance
Hrčak ID:
122237
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2013.
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