Accumulating short bouts of running reduces resting blood pressure in young normotensive/pre-hypertensive men

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1473-1482

  Miyashita, Masashi ^a   Burns, Stephen F ^b   Stensel, David J ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease risk; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREHYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REST; RUNNING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREHYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155203070     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.593042     Document Type: Article

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