Resistance exercise training reduces central blood pressure and improves microvascular function in African American and white men

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Fahs, Christopher A ^a   Iwamoto, Gary A ^a   Jae, Sae Young ^b   Wilund, Kenneth R ^a   Woods, Jeffrey A ^a   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

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

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Exercise; Vascular function; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350567264     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.03.043     Document Type: Article

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