Muscle fractal vascular branching pattern and microvascular perfusion heterogeneity in endurance-trained and untrained men

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 546, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 529-535

  Kalliokoski, Kari K ^a   Kuusela, Tom A ^a   Laaksonen, Marko S ^a   Knuuti, Juhani ^a   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15; WATER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICROVASCULAR PERFUSION HETEROGENEITY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FRACTAL VASCULAR BRANCHING PATTERN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; REST;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 12244298232     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.030882     Document Type: Review

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