Artery Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 94-97 , September 2010

Effects of aging on leg pulse wave velocity response to single-leg cycling

  • Jun Sugawara

      Affiliations

    • Human Life Research Institute, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 6, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 29 861 7138; fax: +81 29 861 6660.
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  • Takeshi Otsuki

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, Ryutsu Keizai University, Japan
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  • Seiji Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Received 2 June 2010 ,Revised 13 July 2010 ,Accepted 13 July 2010.

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PII: S1872-9312(10)00039-6

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2010.07.002

Artery Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 94-97 , September 2010

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