Heart rate deflection point as a strategy to defend stroke volume during incremental exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1660-1665

  Lepretre, Pierre Marie ^a   Foster, Carl ^b   Koralsztein, Jean Pierre ^c   Billat, Veronique L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c Ctr Med Sport Caisse Ctrl A   (France)

Author keywords

Cycling graded test; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Physical work curve break point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART WORK; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644387737     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00837.2004     Document Type: Article

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