Open AccessBlood pressure changes on upright tilting predict falls in older people
Author(s) -
E. Heitterachi
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/31.3.181
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , orthostatic vital signs , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , heart rate , anesthesia , physics , optics
orthostatic hypotension may be an important risk factor for falls, though this has not yet been demonstrated in prospective studies. This may be because conventional methods of measuring blood pressure changes are too imprecise and not optimally timed.
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