Isometric endurance, body and skin temperature and limb and skin blood flow during the menstrual cycle

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a,b   Al Malty, Abdul ^a   Hye, Jin Suh ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Exercise; Exertion; Menstrual cycle; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOREARM; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33947166692     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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