Poor trunk flexibility is associated with arterial stiffening

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yamamoto, Kenta ^a,b,c   Kawano, Hiroshi ^b   Gando, Yuko ^b   Iemitsu, Motoyuki ^e   Murakami, Haruka ^a   Sanada, Kiyoshi ^b,d   Tanimoto, Michiya ^a   Ohmori, Yumi ^a   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^a   Tabata, Izumi ^a   Miyachi, Motohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e International Pacific University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Blood pressure; Fitness; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE; AORTA; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349632996     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00061.2009     Document Type: Article

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