Physical exercise improves arterial stiffness after spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 782-785

  Hubli, Michèle ^a   Currie, Katharine D ^a   West, Christopher R ^a   Gee, Cameron M ^a   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Exercise; Pulse wave analysis; Spinal cord injuries; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TONOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910674604     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772314Y.0000000232     Document Type: Article

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