Vascular adaptations to hypobaric hypoxic training in postmenopausal women

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-91

  Nishiwaki, Masato ^a,b   Kawakami, Ryoko ^c   Saito, Kazuto ^a   Tamaki, Hiroyuki ^d   Takekura, Hiroaki ^a   Ogita, Futoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic exercise; Arterial stiffness; Flow mediated vasodilation; Hypobaric hypoxia; Postmenopausal women; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANOXIA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANOXIA; ARTERIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; VASODILATION;

EID: 79956082990     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-010-0126-7     Document Type: Article

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