The influence of age and weight status on cardiac autonomic control in healthy children: A review

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 186, Issue C, 2014, Pages 8-21

  Eyre, E L J ^a   Duncan, M J ^a   Birch, S L ^a   Fisher, J P ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Heart rate variability; Obese; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BIRTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDLINE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY;

EID: 84927733128     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.09.019     Document Type: Review

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