Peripheral Vascular Changes After Home-Based Passive Leg Cycle Exercise Training in People With Paraplegia: A Pilot Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2162-2166

  Ballaz, Laurent ^a   Fusco, Nicolas ^a   Crétual, Armel ^a   Langella, Bernard ^b   Brissot, Régine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Femoral artery; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG EXERCISE; PARAPLEGIA; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 55249113644     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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