Leg blood flow during submaximal cycle ergometry is not reduced in healthy older normally active men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1859-1869

  Proctor, David N ^a   Newcomer, Sean C ^a   Koch, Dennis W ^a   Le, Khoi U ^a   MacLean, David A ^b   Leuenberger, Urs A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiac output; Catecholamines; Exercise; Oxygen extraction

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE MASS; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TREADMILL;

EID: 0037405743     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00898.2002     Document Type: Article

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