Takishita S, Touma T, Kawazoe N, Muratani H, Fukiyama K
Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
Angiology. 1991 May;42(5):421-5. doi: 10.1177/000331979104200512.
The authors report a case with idiopathic orthostatic hypotension in which the patient prevents his blood pressure from falling to a symptomatic level by leg-crossing in a sitting position. Including 4 other patients with orthostatic hypotension and 5 normal subjects, their study found that the changes in blood pressure with leg-crossing inversely correlated with those induced by assuming seated posture from a supine position. Leg-crossing may, therefore, be one of the useful nonpharmacologic measures for maintaining blood pressure in a sitting position in patients with orthostatic hypotension.
