Pulmonary complications are still among the leading causes of death in patients with complete spinal cord injury (SCI). Individual pulmonary diagnostics and therapy are therefore central aspects in order to maintain health and quality of life in this special group of patients. We know that lung function is mainly influenced by the lesion level in individuals with SCI, nevertheless there was no tool to calculate lesion-dependent loss of lung volumes for this group of patients. Therefore, we developed models based on 440 individuals with motor complete SCI in order to calculate lesion-dependent reference values for lung volumes and respiratory muscle strength. About 150 of these 440 patients were measured between 6 months and 2 years post injury when lung function is known to still increase. Thus we don't know how stable our models are for e.g. patients around 10 years post injury. Additionally, potentially influencing factors such as smoking and packyears could not be included in these models due to lack of data.
Inspiratory muscle strength and respiratory complications after spinal cord injury: a multicentre, prospective cohort study
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