Exercise-induced cardiac troponin T release: A meta-analysis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2099-2106

  Shave, Robert ^a   George, Keith P ^b   Atkinson, Greg ^b   Hart, Emma ^a   Middleton, Natalie ^a   Whyte, Greg ^b   Gaze, David ^c   Collinson, Paul O ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac biomarkers; Cardiac damage; Exercise; Heart

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CYCLING; EMBASE; EXERCISE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDLINE; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 36749082973     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318153ff78     Document Type: Article

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