Initial circulatory response to active standing in Parkinson's disease without typical orthostatic hypotension

• Published in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 208 - 213
• Main Authors: Delgado, Guillermo, Estañol, Bruno, Rodríguez-Violante, Mayela, González-Hermosillo, Jesús Antonio, Infante-Vázquez, Óscar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 01.03.2014; Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure - physiology; Case-Control Studies; doença de Parkinson; Female; fenômenos fisiológicos cardiovasculares; Heart Rate - physiology; hemodinâmica; Hemodynamics - physiology; hipotensão ortostática; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; NEUROSCIENCES; Orthostatic Intolerance - physiopathology; Parkinson Disease - physiopathology; PSYCHIATRY; Reference Values; sistema nervoso autônomo; Statistics, Nonparametric; Time Factors; Young Adult; orthostatic hypotension; sistema nervoso autônomo; hemodinâmica; fenômenos fisiológicos cardiovasculares; autonomic nervous system; hipotensão ortostática; doença de Parkinson; Parkinson?s disease; cardiovascular physiological Phenomena; hemodynamics
• ISSN: 0004-282X; 1678-4227; 1678-4227; 0004-282X
• DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20130247

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). 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). 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). This delay might reflect a prolonged latency in the baroreflex-mediated vascular resistance response, but more studies are needed to confirm this preliminary hypothesis.