A review of the concept of the heart rate deflection point

Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-46

  Bodner, Michael E ^a   Rhodes, Edward C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b School of Human Kinetics 210   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; POTASSIUM;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0033923058     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200030010-00004     Document Type: Review

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