BACKGROUND Normal blood pressure (BP) follows a circadian rhythm, with dipping of BP at night. However, little has been done to show how the dipping groups vary amongst the White and Asian population at different periods of the year. This study aims to examine the pattern of nocturnal dipping between the White and Asian population, as well as to compare it to the different timings of the year, ...

This work was undertaken to study the mechanical factors affecting the function of the isolated heart of Helix pomatia in order to help understand the variations in heart activity observed in intact animals. Biedermann (1884), working upon the isolated heart of Helix, observed that the frequency of beat increased with distension of the heart. Biering (1929) found that in the isolated Helix hear...

Postural syncope may be noticed in otherwise normal persons with defective postural reflexes. Vasoconstrictor reserve--the extent to which total peripheral resistance can be increased from baseline condition is an important determinant of orthostatic tolerance. Women showed low autonomic support of blood pressure. The case of neurally mediated syncope is known to be greater in females in compar...

BACKGROUND Longitudinal analyses of participants with a history of lateral ankle sprain are lacking. This investigation combined measures of inter-joint coordination and stabilometry to evaluate eyes-open (condition 1) and eyes-closed (condition 2) static unilateral stance performance in a group of participants, 6-months after they sustained an acute, first-time lateral ankle sprain in comparis...

This paper presents a model-based approach to estimation of cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral resistance (TPR). In the proposed approach, the response of cardiovascular system (CVS), described by the windkessel model, is tuned to the measurements of systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressures (BP) so as to yield optimal individual- and time-specific system time constant that is...

BACKGROUND Identifying characteristics associated with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) benefit would offer insight as to why some individuals experience tinnitus relief following TMS treatment, whereas others do not. The purpose of this study was to use the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) and its subscales to identify specific factors associated with TMS treatment responsiveness. METH...

The consumption of high levels of saturated fat over the course of several weeks may lead to exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity. The consumption of a single high-fat meal has been associated with a transient impairment of vascular function. In a randomized, repeated measures, crossover study we tested whether the consumption of a single high-fat meal by healthy, normotensive participants wou...

PURPOSE We compared pressure ulcer (PU) prevalence patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more, and Braden Scale scores of 16 or more to patients with lower BMI. METHODS A cross-sectional study by using existing data was conducted combining patient skin status with BMI. Subjects underwent skin assessment for evidence of skin breakdown by nurses trained in PU assessment. Data from this...

To the Editor: I read with interest the article of Vlachopoulos et al, which evaluated the usefulness of brachial-ankle elasticity index (also known as brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity [baPWV], which is the term more commonly used in Japan) for predicting future cardiovascular (CV) events by meta-analysis. I would like to describe here the applicability of baPWV as a clinical tool for CV risk...