Effects of autonomic disruption and inactivity on venous vascular function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 2 47-2, 2000, Pages

  Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   De Meersman, Ronald E ^c   Weir, Joseph P ^d   Bauman, William A ^a,b   Grimm, David R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Spinal cord injury; Vasomotor tone; Venous occlusion plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034055320     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.2.h515     Document Type: Article

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