METHOD FOR TESTING THE STATE OF AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, neurology. SUBSTANCE: one should carry out compression ischemic test. During 1 min arterial blood inflow should be stopped to distal departments of hand at forcing air into tonometer's gasket applied onto inferior one third of shoulder up to 200 mm mercury column. Then pulsointervalography should be conducted followed by computerized processing of cardiac rhythm values. The present method enables to model conditions inducing the development of pathological shifts in autonomic nervous system. EFFECT: higher efficiency of diagnostics. 1 cl, 1 tbl