Age and regional specificity of peak limb vascular conductance in women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2067-2074

  Ridout, Samuel J ^a   Parker, Beth A ^a   Proctor, David N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Muscle blood flow; Reactive hyperemia; Vasodilation; Venous occlusion plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 28044441550     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00825.2005     Document Type: Article

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