Eight weeks of moderate-intensity exercise training increases heart rate variability in sedentary postmenopausal women

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2004, Pages e8-e15

  Jurca, Radim ^a   Church, Timothy S ^a   Morss, Gina M ^a   Jordan, Alexander N ^a   Earnest, Conrad P ^a  

^a Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; RR INTERVAL; SITTING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 3042811443     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.024     Document Type: Article

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