Cardiac autonomic modulation during progressive upper limb exercise by patients with coronary artery disease

The purpose of this study was to investigate the behavior of heart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV) during different loads of resistance exercise (incline bench press) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and healthy sedentary controls. Ten healthy men (65 ± 1.2 years, control group, CG)...

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Main Authors: H.G. Machado, R.P. Simões, R.G. Mendes, V. Castello, L. Di Thommazo, L.B. Almeida, S.L.B. Lopes, A.M. Catai, A. Borghi-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011001200012