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- Orthostatic Intolerance Info Guide
Includes Symptoms, Chronic Illnesses and Other Causes, and Use of Compression Garments
- Orthostatic Intolerance Test - Poor Man's Tilt-Table Test by David S. Bell, MD, FAAP
- Orthostatic Intolerance Test Results and 5 Types of OI by David S. Bell, MD, FAAP
- My Life and OI
- G-suit Pictures
- G-suit Basics
- Fitting the G-suit
- Wearing the G-suit
- Before and After the G-suit
- G-suit Size Charts
- Where to Buy a G-suit
- The Origin of the Anti-G Suit - A Link Between Clinical Surgery and Aviation Medicine by Wilfrid H. Brook RFD, MB, BS(Melb), MS(Mon), FRCSEd, FICA
- History of G-suit and MAST (Military / Medical Anti-Shock Trousers) by Harvey D. Grant and Robert H. Murray, Jr.
OI and G-suit Research Articles
- Faces of CFS - Case Histories of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by David S. Bell, MD, FAAP
- Postural hypotension and the anti-gravity suit by Wilfrid H. Brook RFD, MB, BS(Melb), MS(Mon), FRCSEd, FICA
Also available to view as PDF/Adobe Acrobat format. (1.5 MB)
- Application of USAF G-Suit Technology for Clinical Orthostatic Hypotension: A Case Study
Also available to view as PDF/Adobe Acrobat format. (1.6 MB)
Lori L. Elizondo, B.S., Donald F. Doerr, B.S.E.E., Mark A. Sims, M.D., G. Wyckliffe Hoffler, M.D., and Victor A. Convertino, Ph.D.
- Efficacy of compression of different capacitance beds in the amelioration of orthostatic hypotension
Also available to view as PDF/Adobe Acrobat format. (1.4 MB)
J.-C. Denq MD, T.L. Opfer-Gehrking, M. Giuliani MD, J. Felten, V.A. Convertino PhD, and P.A. Low MD
- Some of Dr. David H. Streeten's Abstracts Regarding Orthostatic Intolerance (OI)
Streeten DH, Anderson GH Jr., Auchincloss JH Jr., Richardson RL, Thomas FD, Miller JW
- Guidelines for the Clinician for Development of Fitness Programs for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Also available to view as PDF/Adobe Acrobat format. (3.9 MB)
by Sarah A. Morrison, PT
- Additional Short Research
William G. Crook, M.D., ImmuneSupport.com; Dr. Peter Del Fante; a taskforce of South Australian clinicians and others with experience in ME/CFS; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA), Space Studies Board (SSB); Victor A. Convertino, Ph.D., Craig A. Reister, M.S. David A. Ludwig, Ph.D., Joan Vernikos, Ph.D., Charles E. Wade, Ph.D.
- Important Points from Research Articles
David S. Bell, MD, FAAP; Wilfrid H. Brook RFD, MB, BS(Melb), MS(Mon), FRCSEd, FICA; Lori L. Elizondo, B.S., Donald F. Doerr, B.S.E.E., Mark A. Sims, M.D., G. Wyckliffe Hoffler, M.D., and Victor A. Convertino, Ph.D.; J.-C. Denq MD, T.L. Opfer-Gehrking, M. Giuliani MD, J. Felten, and P.A. Low MD
- Researchers - Research Ideas
- Manufacturers - Design Ideas for G-suits
- Adjusted Compression G-Pants (ACGP) Research and Information
- Outline Proposals for Developing the Capstan Suit as an Anti-G Suit by Thomas R. Sharp
**As of 2024, the inventor has a prototype and is seeking a manufacturer with the hope of making it available soon.** - Doctor/Patient Ideas
- Other Orthostatic Intolerance Treatments -
- Impedance Threshold Device (ITD) Research and Information
These are in PDF/Adobe Acrobat format.
- ITD Circulatory Enhancer sheet (987 KB) by Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.
- Brain-Blood Booster (393 KB) by Brady Averill of the Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Restoration of central blood volume: application of a simple concept and simple device to counteract cardiovascular instability in syncope and hemorrhage (283 KB)
Victor A. Convertino, William H. Cooke, and Keith G. Lurie
- Inspiratory Resistance as a Potential Treatment for Orthostatic Intolerance and Hemorrhagic Shock (3.1 MB)
Victor A. Convertino, William H. Cooke, and Keith G. Lurie
- Effects of inspiratory impedance on hemodynamic responses to a squat-stand test in human volunteers: implications for treatment of orthostatic hypotension (276 KB)
Victor A. Convertino, Duane A. Ratliff, Jacqueline Crissey, Donald F. Doerr, Ahamed H. Idris, and Keith G. Lurie
- Hemodynamics associated with breathing through an inspiratory impedance threshold device in human volunteers (387 KB)
Victor A. Convertino, PhD; Duane A. Ratliff, MS; Kathy L. Ryan, PhD; Donald F. Doerr, BSEE; David A. Ludwig, PhD; Gary W. Muniz; Deanna L. Britton; Savran D. Clah; Kathleen B. Fernald; Alicia F. Ruiz; Keith G. Lurie, MD; and Ahamed H. Idris, MD
- Effects of inspiratory impedance on the carotid-cardiac baroreflex response in humans (466 KB)
Victor A. Convertino, Duane A. Ratliff, Kathy L. Ryan, William H. Cooke, Donald F. Doerr, David A. Ludwig, Gary W. Muniz, Deanna L. Britton, Savran D. Clah, Kathleen B. Fernald, Alicia F. Ruiz, Ahamed H. Idris, and Keith G. Lurie
- Research Centers for Orthostatic Intolerance (OI) and Autonomic Disorders
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
- ME/CFS Guidelines: Management Guidelines for General Practitioners
This is in PDF/Adobe Acrobat format. (110 KB)
by a taskforce of South Australian clinicians and others with experience in ME/CFS
- No Other Illness Like This One: Dr. Bell Finds Dramatic Abnormalities In CFIDS - Part 1 and Part 2 by Joan S. Livingston
- CFIDS Fact Sheet by The CFIDS Association of America, Inc.
- CFIDS Symptoms by The CFIDS Association of America, Inc.
- Orthostatic Intolerance and CFIDS Fact Sheet by The CFIDS Association of America, Inc.
- Diagnosis: Orthostatic Intolerance (OI) by The CFIDS Association of America, Inc.
- Curriculum expands awareness - CFS: Primary Care Basics by The CFIDS Association of America, Inc.
- CFIDS Disability Scale by David S. Bell, MD, FAAP
- The Difference between Activity Limitation and Fatigue by David S. Bell, MD, FAAP
This includes an evaluation section called Daily Activity Ratio.
- Florinef - clinical experiences by David S. Bell, MD, FAAP
- Vertical Heterophoria
- Personal Links
- For US military veterans - VA Disability Claims Process for Presumptive Illnesses
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