Assessment of autonomic function in high level athletes by pupillometry

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-72

  Capão Filipe, João A ^a   Falcao Reis F ^a   Castro Correia, J ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Athletes; Autonomic nervous function; Pupillary light reflex; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOGRAPHY; PUPILLOMETER; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SPORT; SWIMMING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TRAINING; WEIGHT;

EID: 0037469919     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(02)00268-0     Document Type: Article

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