《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2007, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (10): 915-916.

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Changes of Cardiopulmonary Function of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Different Lesion Levels in Exercise Testing

JI Yang,YUN Xiao-ping   

  1. Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Department of Rehabilitation Evaluation,Beijing Charity Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China
  • Received:2007-09-10 Published:2007-10-01 Online:2007-10-01

Abstract: Objective To investigate the changes of cardiopulmonary function of patients with spinal cord injury(SCI) in different lesion levels in exercies testing.Methods 15 SCI patients were divided into the high SCI level group(n=8) and low SCI level group(n=7),and all cases exercised on treadmill.The cardiorespiratory indexes of all patients were tested.Results The cardiopulmonary function of the low SCI level group were better than the high SCI level group(P<0.05~0.01).Conclusion The higher the lesion level is,the weaker the cardiopulmonary function is.

Key words: spinal cord injury, exercise testing, the maximal oxygen uptake, cardiopulmonary function