Opuntia ficus indica increases heart-rate variability in high-level athletes

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-178

  Schmitt, Laurent ^a   Fouillot, Jean Pierre ^b   Nicolet, Gérard ^a   Midol, Alain ^c  

^a National Center of Nordic Skiing   (France)

^b modulations ventilatoires et circulatoires   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system activity; Resting heart rate; Spectral energy

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; OPUNTIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIING;

OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OPUNTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTURE; SKIING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 44649084534     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.18.2.169     Document Type: Article

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