Six-minute walk test improved forearm skin blood flow in tunisian obese women

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1773-1779

  Miâdi Messaoud, Hanène ^a   Chouchane, Afef ^a   Saad, Helmi Ben ^a   Debbabi, Haytham ^a   Ben Jebria, Abdelaziz ^b   Tabka, Zouhair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TUNISIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; OBESITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TUNISIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WALKING;

EID: 84865653453     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.174     Document Type: Article

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