Optimal Testing Intervals in the Squatting Test to Determine Baroreflex Sensitivity

• Published in: Нейрофизиология
• Date: 2014
• Main Authors: Ishitsuka, S., Kusuyama, N., Tanaka, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізіології ім. О.О. Богомольця НАН України 2014
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/148354
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Optimal Testing Intervals in the Squatting Test to Determine Baroreflex Sensitivity / S. Ishitsuka, N. Kusuyama, M. Tanaka // Нейрофизиология. — 2014. — Т. 46, № 6. — С. 559-565. — Бібліогр.: 24 назв. — англ.

The recently introduced “squatting test” (ST) utilizes a simple postural change to perturb the blood pressure and to assess baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). In our study, we estimated the reproducibility of and the optimal testing interval between the STs in healthy volunteers. Thirty-four subjects...