Echocardiographic and spiroergometric data of elite Hungarian female water polo players

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-457

  Horvath P ^a   Petrekanits, M ^a   Gyore I ^b   Kneffel, Zs ^a   Varga Pinter B ^a   Pavlik, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

^b National Institute for Sports Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Diastolic functions; Physical condition checks; Relative aerobic power; Resting heart rate; Spiroergometric data; Ventricular wall thickness; Water polo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE SPORT; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGARY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPIROMETRY; SWIMMING; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449173851     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.96.2009.4.5     Document Type: Article

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