Keywords:
Vascular, Cardiovascular system, Radiographers, Ultrasound, Ultrasound-Power Doppler, Diagnostic procedure, Health policy and practice, Screening, Arteriosclerosis, Education and training, Patterns of Care
Authors:
A. Almeida1, L. P. Ribeiro1, A. F. Abrantes1, J. P. Pinheiro1, M. V. C. Reis1, R. P. P. Almeida2; 1Faro/PT, 2Faro /PT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-2312
Methods and materials
This research was a comparative,
descriptive and correlational study in which data was collected using a portable ultrasound equipment (GE Healthcare LOGIC BOOK XP Series),
a digital scale Tanita,
a stadiometer Seca and a sphygmomanometer Visocor.
Using the doppler technique,
data were collected randomly by a trained radiographer and consists of a total of 29 volunteer participants aged between 18 and 27 years.
The control group consisted of sedentary and poorly active participants and the experimental group consisted of active and very active young people.
First of all,
sociodemographic,
anthropometric and physiological data were registered.
Then, several parameters on the carotid artery were evaluated for the proximal and distal regions of the common carotid artery (3): intima-media thickness (IMT),
peak systolic velocity (PSV) and end-diastolic velocity (EDV).