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Exercise training and the control of skin blood flow in older adults

  • JNHA: Clinical Trials and Aging
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The journal of nutrition, health & aging

Abstract

The ability to control skin blood flow decreases with primary aging, making older adults less able to adequately thermoregulate and repair cutaneous wounds. Lifestyle factors such as physical activity, diet, and smoking might interact with the aging process to modulate “normal” age-associated changes in the cutaneous microcirculation. The main focus of this brief review is the effects of exercise training on the control of skin blood flow in older adults.

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  1. Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Gary A. Tew

  2. School of Allied Health Professions, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

    J. M. Saxton

  3. Department of Kinesiology, The University of Alabama, Alabama, USA

    G. J. Hodges

  4. Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, A125 Collegiate Hall, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK

    Gary A. Tew

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Tew, G.A., Saxton, J.M. & Hodges, G.J. Exercise training and the control of skin blood flow in older adults. J Nutr Health Aging 16, 237–241 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-011-0156-8

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