Heart rate and blood pressure responses to isometric exercise in young and older men

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-444

  Smolander, J ^a   Aminoff, T ^a   Korhonen, I ^b   Tervo, M ^a   Shen, N ^a   Korhonen, O ^a   Louhevaara, V ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cir culatory responses; Endurance; Isometric exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FATIGUE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031956358     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050357     Document Type: Article

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