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. 2018 Aug 17;31(5):482–489. doi: 10.1177/1971400918795482

Table 1.

Peak syrinx fluid and cerebrospinal fluid velocities in the subarachnoid space (SAS) as a function of inlet velocity amplitude, cycle rate and syrinx size for the quasi-sinusoidal inlet profile.

Inlet velocity 1.56 cm/sec
Inlet velocity 3.13 cm/sec
Inlet velocity 4.69 cm/sec
Cycle rate (cpm) Syrinx diameter (mm) SAS velocity (cm/sec) Syrinx velocity (cm/sec) SAS velocity (cm/sec) Syrinx velocity (cm/sec) SAS velocity (cm/sec) Syrinx velocity (cm/sec)
60 No syrinx 1.79 NA 3.57 NA 5.36 NA
2 2.06 1.41 4.10 2.82 6.16 4.21
6 2.43 1.03 4.86 1.87 7.31 3.08
90 No syrinx 1.85 NA 3.23 NA 5.55 NA
2 1.87 1.47 3.73 2.85 5.62 4.42
6 2.25 0.91 4.49 1.71 6.65 2.65
120 No syrinx 1.82 NA 3.64 NA 5.46 NA
2 2.19 4.35 4.25 7.87 5.57 10.94
6 3.06 3.18 7.92 7.70 13.09 12.70

cpm: cycles per minute; NA: not available; SAS: subarachnoid space.