Is respiratory sinus arrhythmia a good index of cardiac vagal tone in exercise?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 556-564

  Casadei, Barbara ^a   Moon, James ^a   Johnston, Jim ^a   Caiazza, Alberto ^a   Sleight, Peter ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ganglion blockade; human; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING PATTERN; EXERCISE; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SINUS ARREST; SINUS NODE; SPECTROSCOPY; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0029786018     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.2.556     Document Type: Article

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