Effects of positional restraint on oxygen saturation and heart rate following exercise.
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.
Reay
D T
DT
King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, Washington.
Howard
J D
JD
Fligner
C L
CL
Ward
R J
RJ
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