This project aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using a short-acting drug to reduce the maximal blood pressure during dangerous blood pressure spikes that happen during bowel care in individuals with spinal cord injury. the investigators will monitor the physiological effects of this drug during at-home bowel care to best understand the drug's effects in typical use.
participants must have had a traumatic spinal cord injury at least one year ago
regular bowel care routine
can communicate in English
cauda equina or conus lesions
currently use ventilator
colostomy, or do not perform regular bowel care
skin breakdown (pressure sores)
Simon Fraser University
Lead sponsor
University of British Columbia
Collaborator