Improvement of arterial stiffness by aerobic exercise in elderly subjects

Hypertension Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 875-876

  Muratani, Hiromi ^a  

^a KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Elderly subjects

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; PERINDOPRIL; VALSARTAN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC HYPERTENSION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING CESSATION; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

AGED; ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; HUMANS;

EID: 36248969130     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.30.875     Document Type: Editorial

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