Is home orthostatic self-training effective in preventing neurally mediated syncope?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 638-643

  On, Young Keun ^a   Park, Jungwae ^a   Huh, June ^a   Soo Kim, June ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Head up tilt test; Neurally mediated syncope; Tilt training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TILTING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC SELF TRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESYNCOPE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SELF CARE; SYNCOPE; TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247517347     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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