A New Measurement of Tissue Capillarity: The Capillary-to-Fibre Perimeter Exchange Index

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Hepple, Russell T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary supply; Diabetes; Muscle fibres; Oxygen flux; Training

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; OXYGEN;

EID: 0031065721     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h97-002     Document Type: Article

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