Post-exercise heart rate recovery: An index of cardiovascular fitness

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-22

  Dimkpa, Uchechukwu ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Central hemodynamics; Endurance capacity; HDL cholesterol; Maximum oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049152066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10979751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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