Isometric handgrip training improves local flow-mediated dilation in medicated hypertensives

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-234

  McGowan, Cheri L ^a   Visocchi, Adrienne ^a   Faulkner, Martha ^a   Verduyn, Robin ^a   Rakobowchuk, Mark ^a   Levy, Andrew S ^a   McCartney, Neil ^a   MacDonald, Maureen J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelium; Exercise; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33846700502     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0337-z     Document Type: Article

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