The effect of physical exercise on endothelial function

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 797-812

  Francescomarino, Samanta Di ^a   Sciartilli, Adolfo ^a   Valerio, Valentina Di ^a   Baldassarre, Angela Di ^a   Gallina, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; NEUROHORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM FUNCTION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEMOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHEAR STRESS;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EICOSANOIDS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VASODILATION;

EID: 70349194901     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11317750-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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