title: Initial circulatory response to active standing in Parkinson's disease without typical orthostatic hypotension.
abstract: While the circulatory response to orthostatic stress has been already evaluated in Parkinson's disease patients without typical orthostatic hypotension (PD-TOH), there is an initial response to the upright position which is uniquely associated with active standing (AS). We sought to assess this response and to compare it to that seen in young healthy controls (YHC).
  
  
  METHODS
  In 10 PD-TOH patients (8 males, 60 ± 7 years, Hoehn and Yahr ≤ 3) the changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate that occur in the first 30 seconds (sec) of standing were examined. Both parameters were non-invasively and continuously monitored using the volume-clamp method by Peñáz and the Physiocal criteria by Wesseling. The choice of sample points was prompted by the results of previous studies. These sample points were compared to those of 10 YHC (8 males, 32 ± 8 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main finding of the present investigation was an increased time between the AS onset and SBP overshoot in PD-TOH group (24 ± 4 vs. 19 ± 3 sec; p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This delay might reflect a prolonged latency in the baroreflex-mediated vascular resistance response, but more studies are needed to confirm this preliminary hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Estañol
authors.affiliation: Movement Disorders Clinic, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Manuel Velasco Suarez.
authors.forename: Mayela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Violante
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrocardiography and Electrophysiology, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez.
authors.forename: Jesús Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: González-Hermosillo
authors.affiliation: Department of Electromechanical Instrumentation, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez.
authors.forename: Óscar
authors.initials: Ó
authors.lastname: Infante-Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054971:Orthostatic Intolerance / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012016:Reference Values; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult