Assessment resting metabolic rate in persons with spinal cord injury Assessment resting metabolic rate in persons with spinal cord injury Assessment resting metabolic rate in persons with spinal cord injury Assessment resting metabolic rate in persons with spinal cord injury
2017
Abstract
The aim of the study was to measure the value of resting metabolic rate (RMR), as initial values for the subsequent nutritional intervention in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Pilot studies measuring RMR were performed in 7 men and 8 women with SCI in 5 cervical to 5 lumbar segment.
History of SCI in our respondents ranged from 1983 to 2010 and a mean duration of 17,27 years of disability. The results show that the values of RMR are reduced from 15% to 61% and not correlated with SCI.