ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2019
Pulse pressure findings following upper cervical care: a practice-based observational study.
Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Chiropractic care for hypertension: Review of the literature and study of biological and genetic bases.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2020Review
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Abstract
introductionPulse pressure is an indicator of cardiovascular health and is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressures. An important etiologic consideration is autonomic nervous system balance. The purpose of this study is to observe pulse pressure changes following a six-week course of care utilizing an upper cervical technique.
methodsOne hundred and thirty patients presenting in five different clinics were separated into three groups based on initial pulse pressure groups with 40 mmHg considered as normal: low (< 40 mmHg), medium (40-49 mmHg), and high (> 49 mmHg).
resultsPulse pressure reduced by 8.9 mmHg in the high group which was statistically significant (p < 0.01) with a large effects size of 0.8. Changes in the low and medium groups were not statistically significant (p < 0.05).
conclusionIn this observational study the group displaying the highest pulse pressure demonstrated statistically significant reduction in pulse pressure.
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