Hemodynamic and vascular response to resistance exercise with l-arginine

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 773-779

  Fahs, Christopher A ^a   Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Nitric oxide; Pulse wave velocity; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; VASODILATATION;

ARGININE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650075317     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181909d9d     Document Type: Article

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