Psychological characteristics and heart rate response to exercise and emotional challenges.
The correlation was studied between heart rate responses to exercise and various emotional challenges and personality characteristics (MMPI) in healthy subjects, neurocirculatory asthenia and angina pectoris Higher scores in MMPI scales coincided with lower amplitude of HR oscillations, lower HR responses and longer HR recovery times, i.e. with symptoms of a worse functional state and adaptability of the cardiovascular system.
D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004644:Emotions; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009449:Neurocirculatory Asthenia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D005082:Physical Exertion