Effect of whole body heat stress on peripheral vasoconstriction during leg dependency

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1704-1709

  Brothers, R Matthew ^a,b   Wingo, Jonathan E ^a,b   Hubing, Kimberly A ^a   Del Coso, Juan ^a,b   Crandall, Craig G ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hyperthermia; Orthostatic tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELEMETRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 73449116747     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00711.2009     Document Type: Article

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