A segmental evaluation of arterial stiffness before and after prolonged strenuous exercise

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 690-696

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a   Cote, Anita T ^a   Foulds, Heather J ^a   Charlesworth, Sarah ^a   Bredin, Shannon S D ^a   Burr, Jamie F ^a   Ngai, Shirley ^b   Ivey, Adam ^a   Drury, C Taylor ^a   Fougere, Renee J ^a   Warburton, Darren E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Prolonged exercise; Pulse wave velocity; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863754762     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H2012-042     Document Type: Article

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