Age and sex influence the balance between maximal cardiac output and peripheral vascular reserve

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 483-489

  Ridout, Samuel J ^a   Parker, Beth A ^a,b   Smithmyer, Sandra L ^a   Gonzales, Joaquin U ^a,b   Beck, Kenneth C ^c   Proctor, David N ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Kinesiology ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949603626     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00985.2009     Document Type: Article

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