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Cardiovascular Adjustments to Isometric Contractions: Static Effort

Alexander R. Lind

10.1002/cphy.cp020326

Source: Supplement 8: Handbook of Physiology, The Cardiovascular System, Peripheral Circulation and Organ Blood Flow

Originally published: 1983

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 General Description of Cardiovascular Responses
1.1 Local Circulation
1.2 Cardiac and Systemic Vascular Responses
1.3 Baroreceptor Influence
2 Mechanisms of Control of Systemic Cardiovascular Responses
2.1 Efferent Pathway
2.2 Afferent Pathway
3 Summary: Central Command or Reflex?
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Article Title: Cardiovascular Adjustments to Isometric Contractions: Static Effort
 

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Alexander R. Lind. Cardiovascular Adjustments to Isometric Contractions: Static Effort. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 8: Handbook of Physiology, The Cardiovascular System, Peripheral Circulation and Organ Blood Flow: 947-966. First published in print 1983. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp020326