Reproducibility of resting peripheral blood flow using strain gauge plethysmography

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 555-559

  Fehling, Patricia C ^a   Arciero, P J ^a   MacPherson, C J ^a   Smith, D L ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial inflow; Plethysmograph; Reliability; Reproducibility; Venous occlusion plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032729886     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-8845     Document Type: Article

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