title: Effects of positional restraint on oxygen saturation and heart rate following exercise.
abstract: This report assesses the effects on peripheral oxygen saturation and heart rate that positional restraint induces when a person is prone, handcuffed, and "hog-tied." Peripheral oxygen saturation and heart rate were monitored at rest, during exercise, and during recovery from exercise for 10 adult subjects. The effects of positional restraint produced a mean recovery time that was significantly prolonged. Consequently, the physiological effects produced by positional restraint should be recognized in deaths where such measures are used.
authors: King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, Washington.
authors: D T
authors: DT
authors: Reay
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Howard
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Fligner
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Ward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011403:Pronation; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012926:Social Control, Formal