Influence of Sport on Autonomic Dysreflexia of a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury

Laura Bellintani de Freitas, Rafaella Camilo de Oliveira, Bruna Zuchatti, Ed Ferrari Junior, Orcizo Silvestre, Alberto Cliquet Junior

2023

Abstract

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) causes loss of motor, sensory and autonomic functions below the injured level. The increase in the number of cases of SCI, the main cause being motor vehicle accidents, and the social impact that this condition causes makes the study on this condition very relevant. SCI brings physiological changes and physical adaptations to the individual, such as cardiovascular problems and increased blood pressure due to lacking of the sympathetic nervous system, known as autonomic dysreflexia (AD). Topographic observation of the retina can help to understand the change that occurs in the autonomic response of these individuals. The objective of the study was to analyze the vasculature changes in SCI with AD in athletes and non-athletes, through retinal photography of these individuals. Retinal photographs were taken of 40 subjects participating in the research, and these were divided into 4 groups: non-athletes with AD, athletes with AD, SCI without AD, individuals without SCI. We can conclude that there is a higher prevalence of vascular changes in patients with AD, especially in the athlete group.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bellintani de Freitas L., Camilo de Oliveira R., Zuchatti B., Ferrari Junior E., Silvestre O. and Cliquet Junior A. (2023). Influence of Sport on Autonomic Dysreflexia of a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS; ISBN 978-989-758-673-6, SciTePress, pages 221-226. DOI: 10.5220/0012248700003587

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports23,
author={Laura Bellintani de Freitas and Rafaella Camilo de Oliveira and Bruna Zuchatti and Ed Ferrari Junior and Orcizo Silvestre and Alberto Cliquet Junior},
title={Influence of Sport on Autonomic Dysreflexia of a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS},
year={2023},
pages={221-226},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012248700003587},
isbn={978-989-758-673-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS
TI - Influence of Sport on Autonomic Dysreflexia of a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury
SN - 978-989-758-673-6
AU - Bellintani de Freitas L.
AU - Camilo de Oliveira R.
AU - Zuchatti B.
AU - Ferrari Junior E.
AU - Silvestre O.
AU - Cliquet Junior A.
PY - 2023
SP - 221
EP - 226
DO - 10.5220/0012248700003587
PB - SciTePress