Passive heat therapy improves endothelial function, arterial stiffness and blood pressure in sedentary humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 594, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 5329-5342

  Brunt, Vienna E ^a   Howard, Matthew J ^a   Francisco, Michael A ^a   Ely, Brett R ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; THERMOTHERAPY; VASODILATATION; WATER IMMERSION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC USE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987678539     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP272453     Document Type: Article

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