The relationship between skill level and patterns in cardiac and respiratory activity during golf putting

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Neumann, David L ^a,b   Thomas, Patrick R ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Golf; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Respiration; Sport

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DECELERATION; EXHALATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLF; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RESPIRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349126206     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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