Pulse Waveform Analysis of Chinese Pulse Images and Its Association with Disability in Hypertension》.pdfVIP

+ MODEL J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2015; --(-):--e -- Available online at Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies journal homepage: T E C H N I C A L N O T E Pulse Waveform Analysis of Chinese Pulse Images and Its Association with Disability in Hypertension Nathalia Gomes Ribeiro Moura, Arthur Sa Ferreira* ´ Laboratory of Computational Simulation and Modeling in Rehabilitation, Postgraduate ´ Program in Rehabilitation Science, Centro Universitario Augusto Motta (UNISUAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Available online - - - Received: Feb 25, 2015 Abstract Revised: Jun 23, 2015 Hypertension affects functional capacity and quality of life. Pulse wave analysis (PWA) Accepted: Jun 23, 2015 quantifies the pulse waveform’s propagation and its changes resulting from arterial remo- deling. Pulse image analysis (PIA) in traditional Chinese medicine contributes to pattern KEYWORDS differentiation and therapeutic intervention. This protocol study evaluates the relation- functional capacity; ships between the parameters of both PWA and PIA to identify patterns in patients with hypertension; hypertension and the associations of those patterns with functional capacity. In this rehabilitation; observational, cross-sectional study protocol 40 patients were subjected to clinical and study protocol; laboratorial examinations to assess the risk factors for cardiovas