Gender differences in cardiovascular response to isometric exercise in the seated and supine positions

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 29-35

  Melrose, Don ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Gender; Posture; Pressor response; Static exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 24144473093     PISSN: 10979751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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