Effects of crossed leg on blood pressure

Blood Pressure

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 252-254

  Pinar, Rukiye ^a,b   Sabuncu, Necmiye ^a   Oksay, Aysegül ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Crossed leg; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 4544355931     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050410000903     Document Type: Article

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