Reliability of heart rate variability in healthy older women at rest and during orthostatic testing

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-321

  Reland, Sylvia ^a,b   Ville, Nathalie S ^c   Wong, Sara ^d   Carrault, Guy ^d   Carré, François ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Orthostatic testing; Post menopausal women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644658178     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324616     Document Type: Article

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