RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Observations On Blood Pressure Measurements In High-School Athletes
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 81
OP 86
DO 10.3122/jabfm.1.2.81
VO 1
IS 2
A1 Halpern, Brian C.
A1 Kinser, J. Tom
A1 Floyd, Edwin T.
YR 1988
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/1/2/81.abstract
AB The purpose of this study is to identify possible evidence of hypertension in athletic adolescents. In addition to sex and age, the effects of various physical factors that may influence blood pressure are measured. The data were collected from the annual screening physicals of local high-school athletic program participants. Nine of the II measured physical factors account for 10 percent to 20 percent of the variability in blood pressure measurements. These include age, weight, height, pulse, quadriceps girth, heel cord flexibility, jump reach, hang time, and grip strength. These variables are incorporated into formulae that adjust the range of “normal” values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure to reduce the effects of these confounding factors, thereby increasing the accuracy of the “normal” or “hypertensive” determination for each individual.