The association between flow-mediated dilation and physical function in older men

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1237-1243

  Welsch, Michael A ^a   Dobrosielski, Devon A ^a   Arce Esquivel, Arturo A ^a   Wood, Robert H ^b   Ravussin, Eric ^c   Rowley, Christina ^c   Jazwinski, S Michal ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUSSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; CS PFP 10; Functional ability; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; VASODILATION; WALKING;

EID: 66149096213     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816c5552     Document Type: Article

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