The heart rate turn point reliability and methodological aspects

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 903-907

  Pokan, Rochus ^b   Hofmann, Peter ^b   Von Duvillard, Serge P ^a   Smekal, Gerhard ^b   Hogler, Richard ^b   Tschan, Harald ^b   Baron, Ramon ^b   Schmid, Peter ^b   Bachl, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conconi test; Heart rate deflection; Respiratory gas exchange variables; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0033054340     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199906000-00021     Document Type: Article

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