Effect of dog-walking on autonomic nervous activity in senior citizens

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 60-63

  Motooka, Masahiko ^a   Koike, Hiroto ^b   Yokoyama, Tomoyuki ^b   Kennedy, Nell L ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MONITORING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RR INTERVAL; STRESS; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

EID: 31744433399     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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