Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "heart rate"

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Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: the SABPA study

Schultz, A.J.; Schutte, A.E.; Schutte, R. (ELSEVIER, 2013)

Background: Increasing urbanisation in sub-Saharan African countries is causing a rapid increase in cardiovascular disease. Evidence suggests that Africans have higher blood pressures and a higher prevalence of hyperte ...
Internal and external match loads of university-level soccer players: a comparison between methods

Sparks, Martinique; Coetzee, Ben; Gabbett, Tim J. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016)

The aim of this study was to use individualized intensity zones to compare the external (velocity and Player Load, PL) and internal loads (heart rate, HR) of a cohort of university-level soccer players. Thirteen soccer ...
Low testosterone and hyperkinetic blood pressure responses in a cohort of South African men: the SABPA study

Malan, Nicolaas T.; Schutte, Aletta E.; Huisman, Hugo W.; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Schutte, Rudolph; Mels, Catharina M.; Steyn, Hendrik S.; Smith, Wayne; Fourie, Carla M.; Glyn, Matthew; Malan, Leoné (Taylor & Francis, 2013)

Hypertension (HT) and the metabolic syndrome are major problems in Africa. The role of sex hormones in the cardiovascular profile of black Africans in South Africa has not been studied. Our objective was to study the ...