Short-term unilateral leg immobilization alters peripheral but not central arterial structure and function in healthy young humans

Short-term leg immobilization is an acute model of inactivity, which induces vascular deconditioning. The present study was conducted to determine if short-term unilateral leg immobilization induced alterations in central and peripheral conduit artery structure (diameter and compliance),function (re...

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Main Authors:	Mark Rakobowchuk, Jennifer Crozier, Elisa I. Glover, Nobuo Yasuda, Stuart M. Phillips, Mark A. Tarnopolsky, Maureen Macdonald
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Blood flow Endothelial function Deconditioning Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16291
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