Attenuated responses to sympathoexcitation in individuals with Down syndrome

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2158-2165

  Fernhall, Bo ^a   Otterstetter, Mari ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronotropic incompetence; Exercise; Hemodynamic responses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0037840726     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00959.2002     Document Type: Article

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