Diving reflex: Can the time course of heart rate reduction be quantified?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-31

  Caspers, C ^a   Cleveland, S ^b   Schipke, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Breath hold; Curve fitting; Diagnosis; Heart rate decay; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; DIVING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; REVIEW;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; DIVING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; REFLEX;

EID: 78651375261     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01246.x     Document Type: Review

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