Why the study?
Do autonomic cardiovascular responses to tilting differ between patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy elderly women?
Population
78 women aged 75 to 96 years, comprising 24 patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease and 54 healthy…
Comparison
Tilting and deep-breathing tests vs Healthy elderly control women
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May signal autonomic dysfunction in AD; hypothesis-generating for orthostatic risk assessment pending prospective studies.
Do autonomic cardiovascular responses to tilting differ between patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy elderly women?
Patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease exhibit altered autonomic cardiovascular responses to orthostatic stress, indicating potential autonomic nervous system dysfunction.
Elmståhl et al. (1992) studied this question.
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