Heart rate variability and autonomic activity at rest and during exercise in various physiological conditions

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 317-325

  Perini, Renza ^a   Veicsteinas, Arsenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Cardiocirculatory control system; Power spectral analysis; Sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY POSITION; CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MUSCLE FUNCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REST; REVIEW; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; TRAINING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ALTITUDE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTURE; REST; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0344393651     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0953-9     Document Type: Review

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