Measurements of vascular function using strain-gauge plethysmography: Technical considerations, standardization, and physiological findings

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 1 55-1, 2004, Pages

  Alomari, Mahmoud A ^a,b   Solomito, Angela ^a   Reyes, Rafael ^a   Khalil, Syed Muaz ^a   Wood, Robert H ^a   Welsch, Michael A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Blood inflow; Handgrip strength; Oxygen consumption; Reliability; Venous outflow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CAPACITANCE BLOOD VESSEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0345737079     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00529.2003     Document Type: Article

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