Heart rate variability and stress hormones in novice and experienced parachutists anticipating a jump

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 976-980

  Hynynen, Esa ^a   Konttinen, Niilo ^a   Rusko, Heikki ^b  

^a KIHU Research Institute for Olympic Sports   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Parachuting; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; AERONAUTICAL SPORT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; JUMPING; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARACHUTIST; STANDING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AVIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350675536     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2542.2009     Document Type: Article

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