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ArticleNutrients2016

Effects of Postprandial Blood Pressure on Gait Parameters in Older People.

Shailaja Nair, Renuka Visvanathan, Diana Piscitelli

Open access · goldAbstract readControlled Clinical Trial
In one paragraph

Article in Nutrients, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shailaja NairAged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia 5011, Australia. shailaja.nair@sa.gov.au.
Renuka VisvanathanAged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia 5011, Australia. renuka.visvanathan@adelaide.edu.au.
Diana PiscitelliAdelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (G-TRAC) Centre, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. diana.piscitelli@adelaide.edu.au.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital · AUUniversity of South Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postprandial hypotension (PPH), a fall in systolic blood pressure (SBP) within 2 h of a meal, may detrimentally affect gait parameters and increase the falls risk in older people. We aimed to determine the effects of postprandial SBP on heart rate (HR), gait speed, and stride length, double-support time and swing time variability in older subjects with and without PPH. Twenty-nine subjects were studied on three days: glucose ("G"), water and walk ("WW"), glucose and walk ("GW"). Subjects consumed a glucose drink on "G" and "GW" and water on "WW". The "G" day determined which subjects had PPH. On "WW" and "GW" gait was analyzed. Sixteen subjects demonstrated PPH. In this group, there were significant changes in gait speed (p = 0.040) on "WW" and double-support time variability (p = 0.027) on "GW". The area under the curve for the change in gait parameters from baseline was not significant on any study day. Among subjects without PPH, SBP increased on "WW" (p < 0.005) and all gait parameters remained unchanged on all study days. These findings suggest that by changing gait parameters, PPH may contribute to an increased falls risk in the older person with PPH.

Indexed as

GaitAgedAged, 80 and overAgingBlood PressureCross-Over StudiesFemaleGlucoseHumansMalePostprandial PeriodGlucoseagingblood pressureelderlygaitglucoseolderpostprandial hypotensionwalk

Identifiers

PMID27089361
PMCPMC4848688
OpenAlexW2340180862

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