Acute effects of sauna bathing on cardiovascular function

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 129-138

  Laukkanen, Tanjaniina ^a   Kunutsor, Setor K ^b   Zaccardi, Francesco ^c   Lee, Earric ^d   Willeit, Peter ^e,f   Khan, Hassan ^g   Laukkanen, Jari A ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Central Finland Health Care District   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FINLAND; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SAUNA;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEAM BATH; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 85038640530     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41371-017-0008-z     Document Type: Article

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