Aortic stiffness increased in spinal cord injury when matched for physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2065-2070

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a   Cote, Anita T ^a   Bredin, Shannon S D ^a   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a   Warburton, Darren E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

compliance; physical activity levels; pulse wave velocity; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868302272     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182632585     Document Type: Article

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