Central command contributes to increased blood flow in the noncontracting muscle at the start of one-legged dynamic exercise in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1961-1974

  Ishii, Kei ^a   Liang, Nan ^a   Oue, Anna ^b   Hirasawa, Ai ^b   Sato, Kohei ^b   Sadamoto, Tomoko ^b   Matsukawa, Kanji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle mechanoreflex; Near infrared spectroscopy; Ultrasound doppler flowmetry; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862531812     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00075.2012     Document Type: Article

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