The Use of Orthostatic Device for 90 Minutes Does Not Change Cardiovascular and Biomechanical Parameters of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Table 3

Functional analysis of the autonomic nervous system.

	Control ()		Spinal cord injury ()
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	p value	Mean difference (95% CI)
Sympathetic
T (0)	0.479	(0.924)	1.072	(1.232)	0.4735	0.593 (–0.471 to 1.66)
T (30)	1.092	(0.745)	1.000	(0.954)	0.9972	–0.092 (–0.927 to 0.743)
T (60)	1.175	(0.761)	1.256	(1.128)	0.9989	0.081 (–0.862 to 1.025)
T (90)	1.053	(0.771)	1.053	(1.241)	>0.9999	0.001 (–1.017 to 1.018)
Parasympathetic
T (0)	0.702	(1.822)	0.309	(1.834)	0.9624	–0.394 (–2.170 to 1.382)
T (30)	–0.030	(1.575)	0.576	(1.983)	0.8347	0.606 (–1.140 to 2.352)
T (60)	–0.901	(2.487)	0.930	(2.274)	0.1677	1.831 (–0.4863 to 4.148)
T (90)	–0.013	(1.315)	0.418	(1.731)	0.9079	0.431 (–1.070 to 1.932)

SD = standard deviation; CI = confidence interval.