Cardiovascular function is better in veteran football players than age-matched untrained elderly healthy men

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-69

  Schmidt, J F ^a,b   Andersen, T R ^a   Andersen, L J ^b   Randers, M B ^a   Hornstrup, T ^a   Hansen, P R ^b   Bangsbo, J ^a   Krustrup, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Endurance training; Peripheral arterial tonometry; Soccer; Veteran athletes

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FITNESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCCER; VASODILATATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCCER; VASODILATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84921345537     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12153     Document Type: Article

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