Effects of exercise modalities on arterial stiffness and wave reflection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ashor, Ammar W ^a,b   Lara, Jose ^a   Siervo, Mario ^a   Celis Morales, Carlos ^a   Mathers, John C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84908136256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110034     Document Type: Article

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