The Effect of Tai Chi Chuan on the Autonomic Nervous Modulation in Older Persons

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1972-1976

  Lu, Wan An ^a,b   Kuo, Cheng Deng ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart rate variability; Spectrum; Sympathetic; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAI CHI; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAI JI;

EID: 0345529814     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000099242.10669.F7     Document Type: Article

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