Vagal modulation of heart rate during exercise: Effects of age and physical fitness

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Tulppo, Mikko P ^a,b   Mäkikallio, Timo H ^a,b   Seppänen, Tapio ^a   Laukkanen, Raija T ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Merikoski Rehabilitation and Research Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular regulation; Poincar plot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AGING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031913381     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.2.h424     Document Type: Article

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