The effect of regular exercise training during pregnancy on postpartum brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, a measure of arterial stiffness

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-494

  Kawabata, Ikuno ^a   Nakai, Akihito ^a   Sekiguchi, Atsuko ^a   Inoue, Yuko ^b   Takeshita, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL TAMA NAGAYAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Inoue Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Maternal exercise training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867604439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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