Brachial artery retrograde flow increases with age: Relationship to physical function

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Credeur, Daniel P ^a   Welsch, Michael A ^a   Dobrosielski, Devon A ^b   Arce Esquivel, Arturo A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood flow; Flow velocity; Functional ability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; NITRATE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 70149084763     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1117-3     Document Type: Article

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