Effect of Abdominal Corset on Pulmonary Function and Oxygen Consumption in Cervical Spinal Cord-Injured Patients.
- Author:
Sung Yong NA
1
;
Jeong Hwan SEO
;
Yun Hee KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Spinal cord injury;
Quadriplegia;
Pulmonary function;
Abdominal corset
- MeSH:
Evaluation Studies as Topic;
Humans;
Oxygen Consumption*;
Oxygen*;
Quadriplegia;
Respiration;
Spinal Cord Injuries;
Supine Position;
Tidal Volume;
Vital Capacity
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1999;23(4):756-761
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of different kind of abdominal corsets on pulmonary function and energy consumption in the patients with cervical spinal cord injury. METHOD: Five subjects with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury were enrolled. A quantitative evaluation of vital capacity, tidal volume, and oxygen consumption was done using K4b2 (COSMED, Italy) under following six conditions; 1) supine position without abdominal corset, 2) sitting position without abdominal corset, 3) supine position with non-elastic abdominal corset, 4) sitting position with non-elastic abdominal corset, 5) supine position with elastic abdominal corset, 6) sitting position with elastic abdominal corset. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied for statistical assessment of group difference. RESULTS: Vital capacity and tidal volume in the condition with elastic abdominal corset were significantly increased than those of the condition without corset (p<0.05) or of the condition with non-elastic corset (p<0.01) in both sitting and supine position. Vital capacity and tidal volume in the condition with non-elastic abdominal corset were significantly decreased than those of the condition without corset (p<0.05) in both sitting and supine position. Oxygen consumption was least in the condition with elastic abdominal corset (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: These results demonstrated that the elastic abdominal corset is beneficial in improving the efficiency of breathing for the patients with cervical spinal cord injury. However, non-elastic abdominal corset is harmful to these patients.
