Cardiovascular responses to passive static flexibility exercises are influenced by the stretched muscle mass and the Valsalva maneuver

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Farinatti, Paulo T V ^a,b   Soares, Pedro P S ^b,c   Monteiro, Walace D ^a,b   Duarte, Antonio F A ^d   de Castro, Luis A Viveiros ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Army Physical Fitness Research Institute   (Brazil)

^e Brazilian Olympic Committee   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular physiology; Exercise; Flexibility; Health; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; VALSALVA MANEUVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957601445     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000300017     Document Type: Article

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