The effect of abdominal functional electrical stimulation on blood pressure in people with high level spinal cord injury

Single centre training study. To investigate, in a group of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), the effect of transcutaneous functional electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles (abdominal FES) during cough training on blood pressure (BP), and how it is affected by injury characteristics and...

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Published in:Spinal cord 2024-11
Main Authors: Bojanic, Teodora, McCaughey, Euan J, Finn, Harrison T, Humburg, Peter, McBain, Rachel A, Lee, Bonsan B, Gandevia, Simon C, Boswell-Ruys, Claire L, Butler, Jane E
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Language:English
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Summary:Single centre training study. To investigate, in a group of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), the effect of transcutaneous functional electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles (abdominal FES) during cough training on blood pressure (BP), and how it is affected by injury characteristics and alters over time. Laboratory and community. Sixteen participants with SCI (C4-T5) underwent 25 of abdominal FES cough training (5 sets of 10 stimulated coughs) over 6 weeks as part of a previously published study on the effect of abdominal FES training on cough. Systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP) and calculated mean arterial pressure (MAP) were measured at the completion of each set. Abdominal FES coughing resulted in an average ~30% acute increase in BP from initial resting BP across all sessions in almost all participants (p 
ISSN:1362-4393
1476-5624
1476-5624
DOI:10.1038/s41393-024-01046-w