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. 1988 Mar;9(1):16-8.
doi: 10.1097/00000433-198803000-00005.

Effects of positional restraint on oxygen saturation and heart rate following exercise

D T Reay  1 , J D Howard, C L Fligner, R J Ward
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Effects of positional restraint on oxygen saturation and heart rate following exercise

D T Reay et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1988 Mar.

Abstract

This report assesses the effects on peripheral oxygen saturation and heart rate that positional restraint induces when a person is prone, handcuffed, and "hog-tied." Peripheral oxygen saturation and heart rate were monitored at rest, during exercise, and during recovery from exercise for 10 adult subjects. The effects of positional restraint produced a mean recovery time that was significantly prolonged. Consequently, the physiological effects produced by positional restraint should be recognized in deaths where such measures are used.

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  • Restraint asphyxia.
    Gulino SP, Young TW. Gulino SP, et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2000 Dec;21(4):420-2. doi: 10.1097/00000433-200012000-00026. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2000. PMID: 11111811 No abstract available.