Evidence for greater burden of peripheral arterial disease in lower extremity arteries of spinal cord-injured individuals

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bell, Jeffrey W ^a   Chen, David ^b   Bahls, Martin ^a   Newcomer, Sean C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; METFORMIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 80052311390     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00507.2011     Document Type: Article

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