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Lower body negative pressure: a test of cardiovascular autonomic function. 2001

A R Patel, and J E Engstrom, and L D Tusing, and K J McNeeley, and T C Chelimsky
Autonomic Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Lower body negative pressure (LBNP) may provide an alternative test of cardiovascular autonomic function for patients unable to perform the Valsalva maneuver (VM). LBNP at -40 mmHg for 30 s was compared to the VM at 40 mmHg for 15 s with heart rate and blood pressure measured continuously in three age groups: 10-25 years; 26-40 years; and 41-55 years. Heart rate and blood pressure responses were comparable, with moderately diminished changes in blood pressure and heart rate in the LBNP test. When heart response to LBNP was converted to a ratio similar to that calculated for the VM, a high degree of correlation was found (R(2) = 0.5711). The LBNP test shows promise as an alternative test of cardiovascular autonomic function based on studies in normal subjects. The less marked changes may relate to the more passive nature of the applied stress. Future work should improve the device's accessibility and establish values for patients with autonomic disorders.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008150 Lower Body Negative Pressure External decompression applied to the lower body. It is used to study orthostatic intolerance and the effects of gravitation and acceleration, to produce simulated hemorrhage in physiologic research, to assess cardiovascular function, and to reduce abdominal stress during childbirth. Abdominal Decompression,Decompression, Abdominal,LBNP
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002319 Cardiovascular System The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body. Circulatory System,Cardiovascular Systems,Circulatory Systems
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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