Blood pressure in professional male football players in Norway

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 672-679

  Berge, Hilde M ^a   Gjerdalen, Gard F ^b   Andersen, Thor Einar ^a,c   Solberg, Erik E ^d   Steine, Kjetil ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Football Association of Norway   (Norway)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

athletes; blood pressure; echocardiography; football; heart rate; mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FOOTBALL; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 84875214733     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835eb5fe     Document Type: Article

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