Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2017;23(8):919-923

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.08.010

Advance in Measurement Methods of Intramedullary Pressure after Spinal Cord Injury (review)

Xin ZHANG ; Jianjun LI ; Degang YANG ; Changbin LIU ; Wenhao ZHANG ; Mingliang YANG ; Liangjie DU ; Feng GAO ; Dapeng LI ; Yun GUO ; Chang CAI

Keywords

spinal cord injury; intramedullary pressure; influence factors; measurement methods; research progress; review

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

The measurement of intramedullary pressure is particularly important in the research of spinal cord injury. This article ana-lyzed the influence factors and the measurement methods of intramedullary pressure. The influence factors included edema, vascular regula-tion and bleeding, spinal dural, pia mater spinalis, cerebrospinal fluid, canalis vertebralis and body position, etc. The measurement methods included direct measurement methods, as the sensor placed in the parenchyma of spinal cord, intradural extramedullary or lumbar catheter, and measuring in vitro, and indirect measurement methods, as computer modeling and intraocular pressure measuring.