Aerobic exercise training and cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress in sedentary young normotensive men and women

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 552-562

  Spalding, Thomas W ^a,c   Lyon, Lewis A ^b,d   Steel, Donald H ^b   Hatfield, Bradley D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Exercise; Stress; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONVALESCENCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STRENGTH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 3042830684     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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