Cardiovascular responses to exercise in children

Sports Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-257

  Turley, Kenneth R ^a  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHILD; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATIC EXERCISE; STEADY STATE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030782608     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199724040-00003     Document Type: Review

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