Dundee step test: A simple method of measuring the blood pressure response to exercise

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 521-526

  Lim, Pit O ^a   Shiels, P ^b   Anderson, J ^a   MacDonald, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle ergometer; Exercise blood pressure; Exercise testing; Step test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032791449     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000869     Document Type: Article

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