title: The benefit of stretching along the artery.
abstract: Many rehabilitation exercises involve the stretching of bodies. We point out the necessity of the longitudinal stretching in arteries. The efficiency of an arterial system is closely related to the condition of the transverse vibration of the arterial walls or to the magnitudes of the area oscillation in all blood vessels. For a given blood pressure wave, a more elastic arterial wall has larger area oscillation, and therefore a higher efficiency in circulation. Elastic properties of the artery depend on the longitudinal stretching. In vitro experiment on pig aorta confirms that proper longitudinal stretching increases its elasticity and benefits to the circulatory system.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. yuhying@phy03.phy.ntnu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yuh-Ying Lin
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Da-Jing
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Chun-Chih
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wei-Kung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D001775:Blood Circulation; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004548:Elasticity; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009991:Oscillometry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013552:Swine; D013696:Temperature; D014655:Vascular Resistance
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen