Handgrip exercise increases postocclusion hyperaemic brachial artery dilatation

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-95

  Agewall, S ^a   Whalley, G A ^b   Doughty, R N ^b   Sharpe, N ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Forearm blood flow; Handgrip exercise; Ischaemia; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0033028466     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.1.93     Document Type: Article

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