Effects of exercise on heart rate variability: Inferences from meta-analysis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-439

  Sandercock, Gavin R H ^a   Bromley, Paul D ^a   Brodie, David A ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic control; Bradycardia; Frequency domain; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RR INTERVAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REST;

EID: 14844341089     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000155388.39002.9D     Document Type: Article

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