Sports practice is related to parasympathetic activity in adolescents

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship among sports practice, physical education class, habitual physical activity and cardiovascular risk in adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 120 schoolchildren (mean: 11.7±0.7 years old), with no regular use of medicines. Sports practice and physical...

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Main Authors: Suziane Ungari Cayres, Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei, Aristides Machado Rodrigues, Manuel João Coelho e Silva, Jamile Sanches Codogno, Maurício Fregonesi Barbosa, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822015000200174&lng=en&tlng=en