Muscle size and arterial stiffness after blood flow-restricted low-intensity resistance training in older adults

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 799-806

  Yasuda, T ^a   Fukumura, K ^a   Fukuda, T ^a   Uchida, Y ^a   Iida, H ^a   Meguro, M ^a   Sato, Y ^b   Yamasoba, T ^a   Nakajima, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAATSU International University   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Muscle hypertrophy; Sarcopenia; Strength; Vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84927799426     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12087     Document Type: Article

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