Reliability of orthostatic responses in healthy men aged between 65 and 75 years

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 587-592

  Gabbett, Tim J ^a   Gass, Greg C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULSE PRESSURE; RELIABILITY; REST; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 22144475782     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.030387     Document Type: Article

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