Systemic vascular function is associated with muscular power in older adults

Journal of Aging Research

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Chalé, Angela ^b   Hau, Cynthia ^b   Cloutier, Gregory J ^b   Phillips, Edward M ^b   Warner, Patrick ^c   Nickerson, Heather ^c   Reid, Kieran F ^b   Kuvin, Jeffrey T ^c   Fielding, Roger A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE AMPLITUDE REACTIVE HYPEREMIA INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WALKING DIFFICULTY; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; PULSE WAVE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84867825637     PISSN: 20902204     EISSN: 20902212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/386387     Document Type: Article

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