Counterpoint: The muscle pump is not an important determinant of muscle blood flow during exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 372-374

  Clifford, Philip S ^a   Hamann, Jason J ^a   Valic, Zoran ^a   Buckwalter, John B ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFUSION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; MUSCLE PUMP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SHORT SURVEY; VASODILATATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 21644467012     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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