Acute effects of warm footbath on arterial stiffness in healthy young and older women

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1261-1268

  Hu, Qingfeng ^a   Zhu, Weili ^a,b   Zhu, Yili ^a   Zheng, Lu ^a   Hughson, Richard L ^b  

^a CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial stiffness; Warm footbath

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMERSION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMERSION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861349219     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2066-1     Document Type: Article

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