Associations of physical activity, fitness, and body composition with heart rate variability-based indicators of stress and recovery on workdays: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Teisala, Tiina ^a   Mutikainen, Sara ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Rottensteiner, Mirva ^a   Leskinen, Tuija ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c,e   Kolehmainen, Marjukka ^d   Rusko, Heikki ^a   Kujala, Urho M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

BMI; Body composition; Body fat percentage; Cardiorespiratory fitness; HRV; Physical activity; Recovery; Work stress; Working hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FITNESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB STRESS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; VARIANCE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84899513796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-9-16     Document Type: Article

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