Muscular strength is inversely associated with aortic stiffness in young men

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1619-1624

  Fahs, Christopher A ^a   Heffernan, Kevin S ^b   Ranadive, Sushant ^a   Jae, Sae Young ^c   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

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

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ABSOLUTE STRENGTH; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; RELATIVE STRENGTH; WAVE REFLECTION

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULSATILE FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956030550     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d8d834     Document Type: Article

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