Elevated heart rate variability in physically active young and older adult women

Clinical Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 579-584

  Davy, Kevin P ^a   Desouza, Christopher A ^b   Jones, Pamela P ^b   Seals, Douglas R ^b,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Cardiac vagal tone; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SITTING; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031808542     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0940579     Document Type: Article

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