Is the blood flow response to a single contraction determined by work performed?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2146-2152

  Hamann, Jason J ^a   Buckwalter, John B ^a   Clifford, Philip S ^a   Shoemaker, J Kevin ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Human; Hyperemia; Skeletal muscle; Tension time index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; TIME; WORK;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2442674179     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00779.2003     Document Type: Article

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