Brachial artery adaptation to lower limb exercise training: Role of shear stress

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1653-1658

  Birk, Gurpreet K ^a   Dawson, Ellen A ^a   Atkinson, Ceri ^a   Haynes, Andrew ^a   Cable, N Timothy ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,b   Green, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conduit artery; Echo Doppler; Endothelial function

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGLYCERIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862108364     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01489.2011     Document Type: Article

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