Linking skeletal muscle blood flow and metabolism to the limits of human performance

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 111-115

  Boushel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Exercise; Human; Metabolism; Muscle; Performance; Saltin

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD FLOW; CANADA; DENMARK; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DENMARK; EXERCISE; EXPEDITIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 85021852546     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2016-0393     Document Type: Article

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