Blood pressure and the contractility of a human leg muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5401-5412

  Luu, Billy L ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FORCE OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; LEG; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POTASSIUM;

EID: 84886799907     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.261107     Document Type: Article

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