Effect of gender on computerized electrocardiogram measurements in college athletes

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-164

  Mandic, Sandra ^a,b,c   Fonda, Holly ^a   Dewey, Frederick ^a   Le, Vy Van ^a,b   Stein, Ricardo ^d   Wheeler, Matt ^a,b   Ashley, Euan A ^b   Myers, Jonathan ^a,b   Froelicher, Victor F ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Athletics; Cardiovascular risk; Electrocardiography; Preparticipation examination; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PR INTERVAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; R WAVE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TRAINING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; STUDENT;

ATHLETES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77955385308     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.06.1794     Document Type: Article

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