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Caffeine slows heart rate autonomic recovery following strength exercise in healthy subjects.

Introduction and objectives: Studies assessing the effects of caffeine (CAF) on the cardiovascular system have demonstrated that CAF can delay...

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Lifetime shift work exposure: association with anthropometry, body composition, blood pressure, glucose and heart rate variability.

Objective: To evaluate the association between lifetime exposure to shift work and blood pressure, fasting glucose (FG), anthropometric variables, body...

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Overnight heart rate variability and next day cortisol response during simulated on-call conditions.

Objective: This study had two specific objectives, 1) to investigate the impact of being on-call on overnight heart rate variability...

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Higher blood glucose impairs cardiac autonomic modulation in fasting and after carbohydrate overload in adults.

This study aimed to assess whether the blood glucose levels influence cardiac autonomic modulation under fasting and after carbohydrate overload...

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Sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption acutely decreases spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability.

In healthy humans, fructose-sweetened water consumption increases blood pressure variability (BPV) and decreases spontaneous cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity (cBRS) and heart...

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Obesity is associated with lack of inhibitory control and impaired heart rate variability reactivity and recovery in response to food stimuli.

Recent theories compare obesity with addiction in terms of lack of inhibitory control in both clinical populations. The present study...

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The influence of short-term sedentary behavior on circadian rhythm of heart rate and heart rate variability.

The notion that sedentary behavior is harmful to human health is widespread. Little is known about the short term influence...

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Robust circadian rhythm in heart rate and its variability: influence of exogenous melatonin and photoperiod.

Heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) undergo marked fluctuations over the 24-h day. Although controversial, this 24-h rhythm...

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Influence of ageing on circadian rhythm of heart rate variability in healthy subjects.

Background: The analysis of the circadian rhythm of heart rate variability (HRV) represents a relevant physiological tool to assess the...

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