TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced Hip Osteoarthritis Causing Autonomic Dysreflexia and Severe Spasticity in a Patient With Spinal Cord Injury
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Bickelhaupt, Brittany
AU - Richard, Megan
AU - Trbovich, Michelle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The life expectancy of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) is increasing due to advances in medicine and technology. As a result, there is a higher incidence of age-associated illnesses in this population. Degenerative joint disease is a common age-associated illness that causes pain and thus, in persons with SCI above the T6 level, can serve as a noxious stimulus to trigger autonomic dysreflexia (AD). This is a case report of severe bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) causing unyielding AD in a person with tetraplegia leading to bilateral girdle stone surgeries. Hip OA as an etiology for AD has not previously been reported and is important to recognize as this population continues to age and to develop age-associated diseases.
AB - The life expectancy of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) is increasing due to advances in medicine and technology. As a result, there is a higher incidence of age-associated illnesses in this population. Degenerative joint disease is a common age-associated illness that causes pain and thus, in persons with SCI above the T6 level, can serve as a noxious stimulus to trigger autonomic dysreflexia (AD). This is a case report of severe bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) causing unyielding AD in a person with tetraplegia leading to bilateral girdle stone surgeries. Hip OA as an etiology for AD has not previously been reported and is important to recognize as this population continues to age and to develop age-associated diseases.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.02.015
DO - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.02.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 28366524
AN - SCOPUS:85018176081
SN - 1934-1482
VL - 9
SP - 1047
EP - 1050
JO - PM and R
JF - PM and R
IS - 10
ER -