01-10-2015 | Case Report
A walking disaster: a case of incomplete spinal cord injury with symptomatic orthostatic hypotension
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research | Issue 5/2015
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Eight months post-injury, an ambulatory 58-year-old male with an incomplete spinal cord injury experienced syncope and a 52-mmHg drop in his systolic blood pressure during a tilt-table assessment. This case study highlights the necessity to examine autonomic function in all cases of spinal cord injury, regardless of injury severity.