Association between lower-extremity function and arterial compliance in older adults

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Nickel, Kevin J ^a   Acree, Luke S ^a   Montgomery, Polly S ^b   Gardner, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Pulse contour analysis; Summary performance score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG FUNCTION; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PULSE WAVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PULSATILE FLOW; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 42049109804     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707306143     Document Type: Article

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