The effect of different doses of aerobic exercise training on endothelial function in postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure: Results from the DREW study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 753-758

  Swift, Damon L ^a   Earnest, Conrad P ^a   Blair, Steven N ^b   Church, Timothy S ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84864700276     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090025     Document Type: Article

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