Effects of cycling exercise on the soleus H-reflex and state anxiety among men with low or high trait anxiety

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-105

  Motl, Robert W ^a   O'Connor, Patrick J ^a   Dishman, Rod K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute exercise; Hoffmann reflex; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORE TEMPERATURE; CYCLING; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SELF REPORT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 1142274606     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00125     Document Type: Article

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