Heart Rate Variability at Rest and Exercise: Influence of Age, Gender, and Physical Training

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-470

  Gregoire, Jason ^a   Tuck, Stephanie ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu ^b   Hughson, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female; Fitness; Male; Parasympathetic nervous system; Spectral analysis; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REST; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030331833     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h96-040     Document Type: Article

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