Study of the Effect of Orthostatic Hypotension in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury by Changing the Pumping Pressure of Compression Pumping System of Lower Extremities

• Main Authors: Wei-Ling Hong, 洪偉翎
• Other Authors: 劉正良
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86754046293992574634

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 機械工程學研究所 === 93 === One of the major complications in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) is orthostatic hypotension. Patients with SCI above T6 interrupt the sympathetic pathways from brain stem to sympathetic nerves and disrupt the voluntary muscle contractions of the lower extremities. Therefore, these patient may suffered from impairment of blood pressure control in the responses to postural change and severe venous pooling in the lower extremities. The purpose of our research is to try to use the Circulator Pumping System of Lower Extremities (CPSLE) to alleviate the orthostatic hypotension in subjects with SCI and to research the effect of changing the pumping pressure and the angle of tilt table in individuals with SCI. The results showed this CPSLE could alleviate orthostatic hypotension in individuals with SCI. The blood pressure of patients decreases by the degree of tilt table increasing, and the blood pressure increases by the pumping pressure increasing.