An effective experimental method has been proposed and used to determine the pulse-wave velocity (PWV) of 257 radial pulse signals.

• 提出了一种无创测定桡动脉脉搏波速度的有效方法。实验测定的结果表明，弦脉的脉搏波速度比同龄组平脉有显著性增大（P＜0。