Older Adults' Drop in Cerebral Oxygenation on Standing Correlates With Postural Instability and May Improve With Sitting Prior to Standing.
Laura K Fitzgibbon-CollinsGeorge A HeckmanIkdip BainsMamiko NoguchiWilliam E McIlroyRichard Lee HughsonPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2021)
This is the first study to show an association between posture-related cerebral hypoperfusion and quantitatively assessed instability. Importantly, we found differences among older adults suggesting those with lower tSO2 and greater instability might be at increased risk of a future fall.