Isometric handgrip effects on hypertension

Current Hypertension Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-60

  Millar, Philip J ^a   Paashuis, Amanda ^a   McCartney, Neil ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Isometric exercise

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE THERAPY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 65949099931     PISSN: 15734021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340209787314351     Document Type: Review

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