Effects of exercise and hypoxia on heart rate variability and acute mountain sickness

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 700-706

  Mairer, K ^a   Wille, M ^a   Grander, W ^b   Burtscher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

acute mountain sickness; autonomic nervous system; exercise; high altitude; normobaric hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881137870     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327577     Document Type: Article

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