Aortic distensibility is reduced during intense lower body negative pressure and is related to low frequency power of systolic blood pressure

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 785-792

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a   Bredin, Shannon S D ^a   Cote, Anita T ^a   Drury, C Taylor ^a   Warburton, Darren E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hypovolemia; Pulse wave velocity; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878611986     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2489-3     Document Type: Article

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