Cardiovascular responses to orthostatic and other stressors in men and women are independent of sex

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 50-56

  De Kelly, ^a,b   Scroop, G C ^a,b   Tonkin, A L ^a   Thornton, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Forearm blood flow; Heart rate; Orthostatic stress; Postexercise hyperaemia; Reactive hyperaemia; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRESS;

EID: 1242269920     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.03949.x     Document Type: Article

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