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Journal of Aging Research
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 386387, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/386387
Systemic Vascular Function Is Associated with Muscular Power in Older Adults
1Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
2Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
3The Vascular Function Study Group, Division of Cardiology and the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Received 13 April 2012; Revised 23 June 2012; Accepted 6 July 2012
Academic Editor: Karl Rosengren
Copyright © 2012 Kevin S. Heffernan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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