Browsing Health Professions by Author "Agiovlasitis, Stamatis"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Children and adolescents with Down syndrome, physical fitness and physical activity

Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Baynard, Tracy; Agiovlasitis, Stamatis (Shanghai University of Sport, 2012-11-08)

Children (5–12 years) and adolescents (13–19 years) with Down syndrome (DS) possess a set of health, anatomical, physiological, cognitive, and psycho-social attributes predisposing them to limitations on their physical ...
Heart rate complexity in response to upright tilt in persons with Down syndrome

Agiovlasitis, Stamatis; Baynard, Tracy; Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Fernhall, Bo (Elsevier Science Ltd, 2011-11)

People with Down syndrome (DS) show altered autonomic response to sympathoexcitation. Cardiac autonomic modulation may be examined with heart rate (HR) complexity which is associated uniquely with cardiovascular risk. This ...