Flow-generating capability of the isolated skeletal muscle pump

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Sheriff, Don D ^a   Van Bibber, Richard ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Exercise; Functional hyperemia; Metabolic vasodilation; Muscle blood flow; Muscle contraction; Muscle vascular conductance; Muscle vascular resistance; Muscle venous pump; Skeletal muscle veins; Vascular capacitance; Venous function; Venous physiology; Venous return

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HINDLIMB; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; VEIN VALVE;

EID: 33750819952     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.5.h1502     Document Type: Article

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