Heart rate variability as an indicator of pre-competitive arousal

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-355

  Murray, Nicholas P ^a   Raedeke, Thomas D ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency; HRV; Low frequency; Performance; SDNN; State anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549114239     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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