Conduit diameter and wall remodeling in elite athletes and spinal cord injury

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 844-849

  Rowley, Nicola Jayne ^a   Dawson, Ellen Adele ^a   Hopman, Maria T E ^b   George, Keith P ^a   Whyte, Greg P ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,b   Green, Daniel John ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

arterial diameter; athletes; exercise; intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84859889663     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823f6887     Document Type: Article

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