Differences in brachial and femoral artery responses to prolonged sitting

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Thosar, Saurabh S ^a,b   Bielko, Sylvanna L ^a   Wiggins, Chad C ^a   Wallace, Janet P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow mediated dilation; Limb differences; Prolonged sitting; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; SHEAR RATE; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; ADAPTATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938843024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-12-50     Document Type: Article

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