Bilateral symmetry of radial pulse in high-level tennis players: Implications for the validity of central aortic pulse wave analysis

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1617-1623

  Gojanovic, Boris ^a   Waeber, Bernard ^a   Gremion, Gerald ^b   Liaudet, Lucas ^c   Feihl, François ^a,c  

^a Division de Physiopathologie Clinique   (Switzerland)

^b Département de l'Appareil Locomoteur   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Blood pressure; Pulse; Radial artery; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TENNIS; TONOMETRY; VALIDITY;

EID: 68449104271     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832bffc0     Document Type: Article

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