Why not to use the handgrip test in the assessment of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy among patients with diabetes mellitus?

CONCLUSIONS: Our data confirm that the handgrip test should no longer be part of the cardiovascular autonomic testing being highly dependent on hypertensive status and baseline diastolic BP. Exaggerated exercise pressor response is proposed as putative mechanism for the inverse association between abnormal results of the handgrip test and hypertension. Adequate CARTs important to allow their use in clinical trials and for the prevention of DM-associated complications by initiating early treatment. PMID: 27550055 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Vascular Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Curr Vasc Pharmacol Source Type: research