Cardiac homeostasis is independent of calf venous compliance in subjects with paraplegia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 6 53-6, 2003, Pages

  Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   De Meersman, Ronald E ^c   Weir, Joseph P ^d   Spungen, Ann M ^a,b   Bauman, William A ^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

Head up tilt; Skeletal muscle mass atrophy; Spinal cord injury; Venous capacitance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HEAD TILTING; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VEIN TONE;

EID: 0038781819     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01115.2002     Document Type: Article

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