Reductions in resting blood pressure after 4 weeks of isometric exercise training

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-606

  Devereux, Gavin R ^a   Wiles, Jonathan D ^a   Swaine, Ian L ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Isometric exercise; Muscle mass; Vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954886551     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1394-x     Document Type: Article

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