Rapid and Extensive Arterial Adaptations After Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 688-696

  de Groot, Patricia C ^a   Bleeker, Michiel W ^a   van Kuppevelt, Dirk H ^b   van der Woude, Luc H ^c   Hopman, Maria T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteries; Cardiovascular deconditioning; Doppler ultrasound; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SHEAR RATE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 33646120810     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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