ARE PORTABLE FOLDING CHAIRS USEFUL TO COMBAT ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION

Authors
SMIT AAJ HARDJOWIJONO MA WIELING W
Citation
Aaj. Smit et al., ARE PORTABLE FOLDING CHAIRS USEFUL TO COMBAT ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, Annals of neurology, 42(6), 1997, pp. 975-978
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences
Journal title
Annals of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03645134
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
975 - 978
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-5134(1997)42:6<975:APFCUT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The effect of sitting on a derby chair (height, 48 cm), fishing chair (38 cm), and footstool (20 cm) on the improvement of postural hypotens ion was studied serially in 8 patients with autonomic failure. The inc rement in blood pressure during sitting was higher by using a lower po rtable chair. This was related to an increasing cardiac output at lowe r sitting heights, The fishing chair was, according to our patients' e xperience, most useful.