Arterial stiffness and blood flow adaptations following eight weeks of resistance exercise training in young and older women

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-56

  Rossow, Lindy M ^a   Fahs, Christopher A ^a   Thiebaud, Robert S ^b   Loenneke, Jeremy P ^b   Kim, Daeyeol ^b   Mouser, James G ^b   Shore, Erin A ^b   Beck, Travis W ^b   Bemben, Debra A ^b   Bemben, Michael G ^b  

^a FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Forearm blood flow; Microvascular function; Pulse wave velocity; Resistance exercise training; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOREARM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896278713     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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