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Passive ankle movement increases cerebral blood oxygenation in the elderly: an experimental study

BACKGROUND: Ankle exercise has been proven to be an effective intervention to increase venous velocity. However, the efficacy of ankle exercise for improving cerebral circulation has not been determined. We hypothesized that ankle exercise in the supine position would be able to increase oxyhemoglob...

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Autores principales: Nagaya, Sachiko, Hayashi, Hisae, Fujimoto, Etsuko, Maruoka, Naoko, Kobayashi, Hiromitsu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-015-0066-x

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