Comparison of two plethysmography systems in assessment of forearm blood flow

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1794-1799

  Leslie, Stephen J ^a   Attinà, Teresa ^a   Hultsch, Ellen ^b   Bolscher, Luc ^a   Grossman, Matthias ^b   Denvir, Martin A ^a   Webb, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lower body negative pressure; Stroop's colored word conflict test; Validation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SILASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2342446664     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00567.2002     Document Type: Article

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