Relation between physical exertion and heart rate variability characteristics in professional cyclists during the Tour of Spain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 568-575

  Earnest, C P ^a   Jurca, R ^a   Church, T S ^a   Chicharro, J L ^b   Hoyos, J ^c   Lucia, A ^d  

^a Cooper Inst Ctr for Hum Perf ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Agrupación Deportiva Banesto ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RR INTERVAL; SPAIN; TRAINING;

ADULT; BICYCLING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4844223074     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.005140     Document Type: Article

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