Depression and heart rate variability in cardiac rehabilitation patients: Exploring the roles of physical activity and fitness

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 608-624

  Hughes, Joel W ^a   Casey, Elizabeth ^a   Doe, Vicki H ^a   Glickman, Ellen L ^a   Stein, Phyllis K ^b   Waechter, Donna ^d   Josephson, Richard ^c   Rosneck, James ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952111140     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/13.15.PMS.111.5.608-624     Document Type: Article

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