The relationships between exercise intensity, heart rate, and blood pressure during an incremental isometric exercise test

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Wiles, Jonathan D ^a   Allum, Simon R ^a   Coleman, Damian A ^a   Swaine, Ian L ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isometric training; Leg extension; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG EXERCISE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STEADY STATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 36448961267     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701370655     Document Type: Article

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