Effect of paced breathing on ventilatory and cardiovascular variability parameters during short-term investigations of autonomic function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Pinna, G D ^a   Maestri, R ^a   La Rovere, M T ^a   Gobbi, E ^a   Fanfulla, F ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Controlled breathing; Heart rate variability; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIDAL VOLUME; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; LUNG VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

OXYGEN;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33644804846     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00438.2005     Document Type: Article

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