Autonomic Function Tests in Young Obese Individuals
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https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v7i3.145Keywords:
Keywords Obesity, Valsalva Manoeuvre, Isometric Hand Grip, Cold Pressor Test.Abstract
Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, with increasing prevalence in adults and children. Obesity is a complex disorder characterized by autonomic dysfunction in addition to alteration in sympathetic and parasympathetic activity of the heart. It is being recognized that the autonomic nervous system derangement takes place in obese persons. With this background we studied cardiac autonomic function in young obese individuals. The study and control group were subjected to battery of autonomic function tests using standard techniques. The cardio vascular autonomic reflex tests (Orthostatic standing test, Deep Breathing, Valsalva Manoeuvre, Isometric Hand Grip Test and Cold Pressor Test) are considered to predict the autonomic dysfunction if three out of five tests are abnormal. Based on these criteria, our study was able to quantify the autonomic dysfunction in young obese individuals.
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