《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2017, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (8): 919-923.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.08.010

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Advance in Measurement Methods of Intramedullary Pressure after Spinal Cord Injury (review)

ZHANG Xin, LI Jian-jun, YANG De-gang, LIU Chang-bin, ZHANG Wen-hao, YANG Ming-liang, DU Liang-jie, GAO Feng, LI Da-peng, GUO Yun, CAI Chang   

  1. 1. Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing 100068, China;
    2. Department of Spinal and Neural Function Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, Beijing 100068, China;
    3. Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing 100068, China;
    4. Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing 100068, China
  • Received:2017-01-18 Revised:2017-02-03 Published:2017-08-25 Online:2017-08-24
  • Contact: LI Jian-jun. E-mail: crrc100@163.com

Abstract: The measurement of intramedullary pressure is particularly important in the research of spinal cord injury. This article analyzed the influence factors and the measurement methods of intramedullary pressure. The influence factors included edema, vascular regulation and bleeding, spinal dural, pia mater spinalis, cerebrospinal fluid, canalis vertebralis and body position, etc. The measurement methods included direct measurement methods, as the sensor placed in the parenchyma of spinal cord, intradural extramedullary or lumbar catheter, and measuring in vitro, and indirect measurement methods, as computer modeling and intraocular pressure measuring.

Key words: spinal cord injury, intramedullary pressure, influence factors, measurement methods, research progress, review

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