Recently, Legg Ditterline et al,
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examined the cardiopulmonary effects of inspiratory and expiratory pressure threshold
respiratory training (RT) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Given the
limited understanding of this topic, we read with great interest. In our opinion,
the findings and implications made by the authors are overstated and do not reflect
the included data, such as “[t]hese findings indicate that RT has the ability to influence
and improve both respiratory and cardiac autonomic function, which ameliorates the
cardiovascular stress response in persons with chronic SCI.”
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Reference
- Effects of respiratory training on heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018; 99: 423-432
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