Blunted baroreflex sensitivity: An underestimated cause of falls in the elderly?

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-13

  Isik, M ^a   Cankurtaran, M ^a   Yavuz, B B ^a   Deniz, A ^a   Yavuz, B ^b   Halil, M ^a   Ulger, Z ^a   Aytemir, K ^a   Arioul, S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kecioren Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Baroreflex sensitivity; Carotid sinus hypersensitivity; Falls; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY TRAINING;

EID: 84856737664     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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