The use of heart rate variability measures to assess autonomic control during exercise

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 302-313

  Sandercock, G R H ^a,b   Brodie, D A ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Exercise; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748682588     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00556.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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