Effect of hypobaric hypoxia on heart rate variability during exercise: A pilot field study

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-350

  Zupet, Petra ^a   Princi, Tanja ^b   Finderle, Zarko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Exercise; Heart rate variability; High altitude; Hypobaric hypoxia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FIELD STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; REST;

EID: 70349735995     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1123-5     Document Type: Article

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