Habitual rowing exercise is associated with high physical fitness without affecting arterial stiffness in older men

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-246

  Kawano, Hiroshi ^a   Iemitsu, Motoyuki ^b   Gando, Yuko ^a   Ishijima, Toshimichi ^a   Asaka, Meiko ^a   Aoyama, Tomoko ^a   Ando, Takafumi ^a   Tokizawa, Ken ^a   Miyachi, Motohiko ^c   Sakamoto, Shizuo ^a   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Combined training; Endothelin 1; Nitric oxide; Rowing

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENDOTHELIN-1; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84856348410     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.635311     Document Type: Article

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