Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1788-1794 , September 2008

Prevalence and Etiology of Delayed Orthostatic Hypotension in Adult Women

Presented at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Science Forum, April 18–20, 2006, Washington, DC, and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, April 28–May 2, 2007, Washington, DC.

  • Guruprasad Madhavan, MS
    • ,
  • Ayana A. Goddard, MS
    • ,
  • Kenneth J. McLeod, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Kenneth J. McLeod, PhD, Dept of Bioengineering, Clinical Science and Engineering Research Center, Innovative Technologies Complex, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

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 Supported by the New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (grant no. NYSTAR C20026) in collaboration with Juvent Medical Inc.

 A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit on the author or one or more of the authors. McLeod has a financial interest in Juvent Medical Inc, the manufacturer of the plantar stimulation device used in this study.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00397-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.02.021

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1788-1794 , September 2008

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