Are portable folding chairs useful to combat orthostatic hypotension?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 975-978

  Smit, Adrianus A J ^a,b   Hardjowijono, Mireille A ^a   Wieling, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHAIR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE;

EID: 0031458236     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420620     Document Type: Article

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