Effects of Upper-Limb and Lower-Limb Exercise on Blood Pressure in Spinal Cord Injury

Ten participants with chronic motor-complete spinal cord injury performed arm or treadmill training for 24 weeks. The case-series data, collected by Shane J.T. Balthazaar and last updated in 2026, shows a significant increase in median systolic blood pressure post-intervention. Metrics include 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure variability, autonomic dysreflexia episodes, and hypotensive events.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of arm cycle ergometry on systolic blood pressure based on median SBP outcomes
• Comparing the effects of two exercise modalities on blood pressure variability using CoV, ARV, and SD metrics
• Investigating the relationship between exercise interventions and autonomic dysreflexia event frequency
• Evaluating long-term ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data from a specialized clinical population

Strengths

• Data originates from a prospective randomized clinical trial design
• Includes 10 participants with detailed inclusion criteria (age 18-60, chronic motor-complete SCI C4-T6)
• Reports specific statistical results (P=0.009; ηp²=0.590) for median systolic blood pressure

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The small sample size of 10 participants limits generalizability

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected via 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring during a clinical trial

Time Range

Intervention period of 24 weeks

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 13:27:36