Effects of aerobic training intensity on resting, exercise and post-exercise blood pressure, heart rate and heart-rate variability

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Cornelissen, V A ^a   Verheyden, B ^a   Aubert, A E ^a   Fagard, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic control; Exercise; Intensity; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKLOAD;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REST;

EID: 77249136300     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.51     Document Type: Article

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