Pain and changes in peripheral resistance at high vascular transmural pressure in the human forearm

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 627-635

  Green, N D C ^a,b   Brown, M D ^a   Coote, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forearm blood flow; Forearm vascular conductance; Gravity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERBARISM; HYPERTENSION; LIMB PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34547585558     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0466-z     Document Type: Article

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