Transcranial doppler ultrasound to assess cerebrovascular reactivity: Reliability, reproducibility and effect of posture

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McDonnell, Michelle N ^a   Berry, Narelle M ^a   Cutting, Mark A ^a   Keage, Hannah A ^a   Buckley, Jonathan D ^a   Howe, Peter R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular reactivity; Doppler ultrasound; Posture; Reliability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CARBOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RECUMBENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 84950170973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.65     Document Type: Article

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