Sympathetic vasomotor control does not explain the change in femoral artery shear rate pattern during arm-crank exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,b   Green, Daniel J ^b,c   Steendijk, Sjoerd ^a   Hopman, Maria T E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inactive areas; Shear pattern

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 58149483366     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00686.2008     Document Type: Article

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