Effects of postprandial walking exercise on meal-related hypotension in frail elderly patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1130-1132

  Oberman, Amitai S ^a,b,c,d   Harada, Randall K ^a,d   Gagnon, Margaret M ^a,d   Kiely, Dan K ^a,c   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b,c,d  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NURSING HOME; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART RATE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; WALKING;

EID: 0032702639     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00520-2     Document Type: Article

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