Muscle contraction duration and fibre recruitment influence blood flow and oxygen consumption independent of contractile work during steady-state exercise in humans

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 750-761

  Richards, Jennifer C ^a   Crecelius, Anne R ^a   Kirby, Brett S ^a   Larson, Dennis G ^b   Dinenno, Frank A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Poudre Valley Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND GRIP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STEADY STATE; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84862618449     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.062968     Document Type: Article

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