Distensibility in human veins as aVected by 5 weeks of repeated elevations of local transmural pressure

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3119-3125

  Kölegård, Roger ^a   Eiken, Ola ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

G induced arm pain; Vascular adaptation; Vascular remodeling; Venous compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARM; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARM; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PRESSURE; VEINS; VENOUS PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855641495     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1939-7     Document Type: Article

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