Effects of age and physical fitness on microcirculatory function

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-335

  Franzoni, Ferdinando ^a   Galetta, Fabio ^a   Morizzo, Carmela ^a   Lubrano, Valter ^b   Palombo, Carlo ^a   Santoro, Gino ^a   Ferrannini, Eleuterio ^a   Quiñones Galyan, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Endothelial function; Exercise; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEATING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RUNNING; SKIN;

EID: 1642344358     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030229     Document Type: Article

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