Low-dose exercise training does not influence cardiac autonomic control in healthy sedentary men aged 55 - 75 years

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1137-1147

  Verheyden, Bart ^a   Eijnde, Bert O ^b   Beckers, Frank ^a   Vanhees, Luc ^b   Aubert, André E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; Autonomic cardiac control; Fitness training; Heart rate variability; Low dose exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SINUS NODE; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VAGUS REFLEX;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 33750060717     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500497634     Document Type: Article

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