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Body Structures Determining Differences in Forearm and Upper Arm Blood Pressures

NCT01087827 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2012-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The first purpose of this study is to see how blood pressures taken at different sites, specifically the forearm, upper arm and heart vessels, are different. The second purpose is to see if body structures such as vessel size and depth, size of the arm, and amount of tissue in the arm influence differences in blood pressures taken at these sites. The third purpose is to develop a mathematical model of the waves generated by the arm arteries (brachial and radial) to predict differences in forearm and upper arm blood pressures. The results of the study may be used to design more accurate non-invasive blood pressure monitors for the forearm site.

Conditions

  • Blood Pressure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Delaware

    collaborator OTHER

  • Christiana Care Health Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen A Schell, PhD · University of Delaware

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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