Reproducibility and gender-related differences of heart rate variability during all-day activity in young men and women

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-277

  Sztajzel, Juan ^a,c   Jung, Michel ^a   Bayes De Luna, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars   (Spain)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender related changes; Reproducibility; Standard heart rate variability parameters; Young men and women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTEER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 47249164364     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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