Autonomic modulations of heart rate variability and performances in short-distance elite swimmers

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 825-835

  Merati, Giampiero ^a,b   Maggioni, Martina Anna ^a,d   Invernizzi, Pietro Luigi ^a   Ciapparelli, Claudio ^c   Agnello, Luca ^a   Veicsteinas, Arsenio ^a   Castiglioni, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c DDS Sport Center   (Italy)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic exercise; Autonomic nervous system; Detrended fluctuation analysis; Entropy; Power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENDURANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84925465210     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: 14396327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-014-3064-x     Document Type: Article

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