Epidural stimulation with locomotor training ameliorates unstable blood pressure after tetraplegia. A case report

Epidural stimulation with locomotor training ameliorates unstable blood pressure after tetraplegia. A case report

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Abstract A male with C7 complete tetraplegia participated in 14 weeks of body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) combined with spinal cord epidural stimulation (SCES), 4 weeks of no intervention, and two more skin of the flayed one weeks of BWSTT + SCES.The participant presented with unstable resting seated blood pressure (BP; 131/66 mmHg).After retrospective analysis, resting systolic BP decreased and diastolic BP increased, yielding a safe mean arterial BP.There was a fivefold increase in BWSTT bouts per estes c6-5 engines bulk pack session, and percentage of body weight support decreased to 69%.

BWSTT + SCES safely and effectively regulated resting BP and mitigated symptoms of orthostatic intolerance.These effects were not maintained after 4 weeks without training.