January 1, 1976Psychophysiology
Pulse Wave Velocity as a Measure of Blood Pressure Change
Why the study?
Does arterial pulse wave velocity reliably reflect changes in blood pressure?
Population
26 subjects
Design
Other
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports PWV for tracking relative BP dynamics in research; leaves open clinical translation pending validation.
Structured PICO
Does arterial pulse wave velocity reliably reflect changes in blood pressure?
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Population
26 subjects
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Intervention
Monitoring of arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV) along an arm artery while altering arterial distending pressure using externally applied positive and negative pressures
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Outcome
Relationship between changes in PWV and changes in blood pressuresurrogate
Arterial pulse wave velocity can be used as a continuous measure to reliably track relative changes in blood pressure, though not absolute values.
Cite This Study
Gribbin et al. (1976) studied this question.