Radix astragali and orthostatic response: A double-masked crossover study

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-98

  Gao, Yunfang ^a,b   Goswami, Nandu ^b   Grasser, Erik ^b   Rössler, Andreas ^b   Stöger, Erich ^c   Schwaberger, Günther ^b   Hinghofer Szalkay, Helmut G ^b,d  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Plantasia Inc   (Austria)

^d Institute of Adaptive and Spaceflight Physiology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Chinese herbs; Human; Orthostasis; Standing time

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEAD TILTING; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRESYNCOPE; PULSE PRESSURE; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38649107381     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2193.2008     Document Type: Article

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