A new heart rate variability-based method for the estimation of oxygen consumption without individual laboratory calibration: Application example on postal workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Smolander, Juhani ^a,b   Juuti, Tanja ^a   Kinnunen, Marja Liisa ^a   Laine, Kari ^c   Louhevaara, Veikko ^c   Männikkö, Kaisa ^a   Rusko, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERGONOMICS; METABOLISM; NEURAL NETWORKS;

HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 38149133210     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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