Changes in heart rate variability in horses during immersion in warm springwater

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1482-1485

  Kato, Tomohiro ^a   Ohmura, Hajime ^b   Hiraga, Atsushi ^b   Wada, Shinya ^a   Kuwahara, Masayoshi ^c   Tsubone, Hirokazu ^c  

^a Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORSE; LEISURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; REST; SPA TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL SPRING; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; BATHS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HORSES; HOT SPRINGS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0346900752     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1482     Document Type: Article

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