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| Psychophysiological effects of ascending and descending stairs on cardiometabolic function in the hemiparetic elderly | | Author(s) | Toshiaki Muraki, Yasuo Nakata, Katsunori Sueyoshi |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 16, nos 1/2, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 65-76 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Stair climbing ability ; Cardiovascular diseases ; Cardiovascular systems ; Blood pressure ; Anxiety ; Mental health [elderly] ; Variance analysis ; Japan. |
| Annotation | A Japanese study determined whether the activity of ascending and descending stairs would exert psychophysiological influences of cardiometabolic function in 9 hemiparetic and 12 healthy age- and sex-matched older subjects. Parameters including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, pressure rate product, plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine were measured. The extent of anxiety was obtained using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The experiment consisted of three stages: first, 5-minute basal sitting rest; second, ascending stairs of a gait pattern of the first step of the non-affected foot on one stair followed by the affected foot on the same stair; and third, descending stairs in the same way with the first step of the affected foot on one stair. Statistical analysis was performed using a two-way repeated measures analysis of variance and an unpaired Student's t-test, resulting in significant difference in systolic blood pressure between the groups. Moreover, the interaction effect of the groups on the time changes was significantly shown in systolic blood pressure and norepinephrine. These findings demonstrate that fear of falling would not always exhibit the same response to stair climbing in the two groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826285 A |
| Classmark | C4S: CQ: BKK: BKL: ENP: D: 3YA: 7DT |
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