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Duca ȘT, Tudorancea I, Haba MȘC, Costache AD, Șerban IL, Pavăl DR, Loghin C, Costache-Enache II. Enhancing Comprehensive Assessments in Chronic Heart Failure Caused by Ischemic Heart Disease: The Diagnostic Utility of Holter ECG Parameters. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2024; 60:1315. [PMID: 39202596 PMCID: PMC11356511 DOI: 10.3390/medicina60081315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/03/2024]
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Background and Objectives: Chronic heart failure (CHF) caused by ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and presents significant health challenges. Effective management of IHD requires prevention, early detection, and treatment to improve patient outcomes. This study aims to expand the diagnostic utility of various 24 h Holter ECG parameters, such as T-wave alternans (TWA), late ventricular potentials (LVPs), and heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with CHF caused by IHD. Additionally, we seek to explore the association between these parameters and other comorbid conditions affecting the prognosis of CHF patients. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective case-control study with 150 patients divided into two subgroups: 100 patients with CHF caused by IHD, and 50 patients in the control group. Data included medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, echocardiography, and 24 h Holter monitoring. Results: Our comparative analysis demonstrated that both TWA and LVPs were significantly higher in patients with CHF compared to the control group (p < 0.01), indicating increased myocardial electrical vulnerability in CHF patients. Both time and frequency-domain HRV parameters were significantly lower in the CHF group. However, the ratio of NN50 to the total count of NN intervals (PNN50) showed a borderline significance (p = 0.06). While the low-frequency (LF) domain was significantly lower in CHF patients, the high-frequency (HF) domain did not differ significantly between groups. Acceleration and deceleration capacities were also significantly altered in CHF patients. Categorizing CHF patients by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) revealed that the mean of the 5-min normal-to-normal intervals over the complete recording (SDNN Index) was significantly higher in patients with LVEF ≥ 50% compared to those with CHF with reduced EF and CHF with mildly reduced EF (p < 0.001), whereas the other HRV parameters showed no significant differences among the groups. Conclusions: Holter ECG parameters can become a reliable tool in the assessment of patients with CHF. The integration of multiple Holter ECG parameters, such as TWA, LVPs, and HRV, can significantly enhance the diagnostic assessment of CHF caused by IHD. This comprehensive approach allows for a more nuanced understanding of the patient's condition and potential outcomes.
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- Ștefania-Teodora Duca
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.Ș.C.H.); (A.-D.C.); (I.-I.C.-E.)
- Department of Cardiology, “St. Spiridon” Emergency County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Cardiology, “St. Spiridon” Emergency County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania;
- Department of Morpho-Functional Science II-Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.Ș.C.H.); (A.-D.C.); (I.-I.C.-E.)
- Department of Cardiology, “St. Spiridon” Emergency County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.Ș.C.H.); (A.-D.C.); (I.-I.C.-E.)
- Department of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital, 700661 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Morpho-Functional Science II-Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (M.Ș.C.H.); (A.-D.C.); (I.-I.C.-E.)
- Department of Cardiology, “St. Spiridon” Emergency County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania;
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Marino FR, Wu HT, Etzkorn L, Rooney MR, Soliman EZ, Deal JA, Crainiceanu C, Spira AP, Wanigatunga AA, Schrack JA, Chen LY. Associations of Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability from a Two-Week ECG Monitor with Cognitive Function and Dementia: The ARIC Neurocognitive Study. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:4060. [PMID: 39000839 PMCID: PMC11244549 DOI: 10.3390/s24134060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Low physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometers and low heart rate variability (HRV) measured from short-term ECG recordings are associated with worse cognitive function. Wearable long-term ECG monitors are now widely used, and some devices also include an accelerometer. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether PA or HRV measured from long-term ECG monitors was associated with cognitive function among older adults. A total of 1590 ARIC participants had free-living PA and HRV measured over 14 days using the Zio® XT Patch [aged 72-94 years, 58% female, 32% Black]. Cognitive function was measured by cognitive factor scores and adjudicated dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) status. Adjusted linear or multinomial regression models examined whether higher PA or higher HRV was cross-sectionally associated with higher factor scores or lower odds of MCI/dementia. Each 1-unit increase in the total amount of PA was associated with higher global cognition (β = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.16-0.44) and executive function scores (β = 0.38, 95% CI: 0.22-0.53) and lower odds of MCI (OR = 0.38, 95% CI: 0.22-0.67) or dementia (OR = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.74). HRV (i.e., SDNN and rMSSD) was not associated with cognitive function. More research is needed to define the role of wearable ECG monitors as a tool for digital phenotyping of dementia.
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- Francesca R. Marino
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 20205, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Lillehei Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Książek K, Masarczyk W, Głomb P, Romaszewski M, Stokłosa I, Ścisło P, Dębski P, Pudlo R, Buza K, Gorczyca P, Piegza M. Assessment of symptom severity in psychotic disorder patients based on heart rate variability and accelerometer mobility data. Comput Biol Med 2024; 176:108544. [PMID: 38723395 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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BACKGROUND Advancement in mental health care requires easily accessible, efficient diagnostic and treatment assessment tools. Viable biomarkers could enable objectification and automation of the diagnostic and treatment process, currently dependent on a psychiatric interview. Available wearable technology and computational methods make it possible to incorporate heart rate variability (HRV), an indicator of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity, into potential diagnostic and treatment assessment frameworks as a biomarker of disease severity in mental disorders, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD). METHOD We used a commercially available electrocardiography (ECG) chest strap with a built-in accelerometer, i.e. Polar H10, to record R-R intervals and physical activity of 30 hospitalized schizophrenia or BD patients and 30 control participants through ca. 1.5-2 h time periods. We validated a novel approach to data acquisition based on a flexible, patient-friendly and cost-effective setting. We analyzed the relationship between HRV and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) test scores, as well as the HRV and mobility coefficient. We also proposed a method of rest period selection based on R-R intervals and mobility data. The source code for reproducing all experiments is available on GitHub, while the dataset is published on Zenodo. RESULTS Mean HRV values were lower in the patient compared to the control group and negatively correlated with the results of the PANSS general subcategory. For the control group, we also discovered the inversely proportional dependency between the mobility coefficient, based on accelerometer data, and HRV. This relationship was less pronounced for the treatment group. CONCLUSIONS HRV value itself, as well as the relationship between HRV and mobility, may be promising biomarkers in disease diagnostics. These findings can be used to develop a flexible monitoring system for symptom severity assessment.
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- Kamil Książek
- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Pyskowicka 49, Tarnowskie Góry, 42-612, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Pyskowicka 49, Tarnowskie Góry, 42-612, Poland
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- Psychiatric Department of the Multidisciplinary Hospital, Tarnowskie Góry, 42-612, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Kilińskiego 43, Sosnowiec, 41-200, Poland
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- Department of Psychoprophylaxis, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Pyskowicka 49, Tarnowskie Góry, 42-612, Poland
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- Budapest Business University, Buzogány utca 10-12, Budapest, 1149, Hungary; BioIntelligence Group, Department of Mathematics-Informatics, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Târgu Mureş, Romania
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Pyskowicka 49, Tarnowskie Góry, 42-612, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Pyskowicka 49, Tarnowskie Góry, 42-612, Poland
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Chung YH, Chen SJ, Lee CL, Chang YS. Kokedama and essential oils had a relaxing psychophysiological effect on Taiwanese women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Explore (NY) 2024; 20:371-379. [PMID: 37777433 DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2023.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, we designed an indoor nature activity program for citizens with a relaxing effect similar to forest bathing to promote their physical and mental health. We integrated an indoor horticultural activity (Kokedama) with the breathing of Pseudotsuga menziesii (P. menziesii) and Lavandula angustifolia (L. angustifolia) essential oils (EOs) with the goal of creating a nature-inspired environment in an indoor setting where participants would feel as if immersed in a forest atmosphere. METHODS Taiwanese women participated in the experiment, using two Saturday mornings, one Saturday in a university classroom in the city center; and the other Saturday in a workshop in a Suburban Park. Intra-group comparisons were used to assess the Physiological responses to urban and suburban environmental stimuli and measured self-reported psychological responses. We recorded parameters associated with heart-rate variability and brainwaves. We also administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State (STAI-S) questionnaire before and after the participants had completed the entire program. RESULTS After the participants had breathed the P. menziesii and L. angustifolia EOs, the levels of some physiological parameters increased (standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals, normalized high frequency, and high alpha wave) and those of others decreased (normalized low frequency, low- to high-frequency ratio power, high beta wave, and gamma wave). These findings were corroborated by the data from the STAI-S questionnaires. CONCLUSIONS The psychophysiological data from this study provide significant scientific evidence for the health benefits of an indoor nature activity program in women.
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- Ya-Hui Chung
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- College of Nursing and Health, Kang Ning University, Taipei 11485, Taiwan
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Marino FR, Wu HT, Etzkorn L, Rooney MR, Soliman EZ, Deal JA, Crainiceanu C, Spira AP, Wanigatunga AA, Schrack JA, Chen LY. Associations of Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability from a Two-Week ECG Monitor with Cognitive Function and Dementia: the ARIC Neurocognitive Study. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.03.01.24303633. [PMID: 38496423 PMCID: PMC10942521 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.01.24303633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Low physical activity (PA) measured from accelerometers and low heart rate variability (HRV) measured from short-term ECG recordings are associated with worse cognitive function. Wearable long-term ECG monitors are now widely used. These monitors can provide long-term HRV data and, if embedded with an accelerometer, they can also provide PA data. Whether PA or HRV measured from long-term ECG monitors is associated with cognitive function among older adults is unknown. METHODS Free-living PA and HRV were measured simultaneously over 14-days using the Zio ® XT Patch among 1590 participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study [aged 72-94 years, 58% female, 32% Black]. Total amount of PA was estimated by total mean amplitude deviation (TMAD) from the 14-day accelerometry raw data. HRV indices (SDNN and rMSSD) were measured from the 14-day ECG raw data. Cognitive factor scores for global cognition, executive function, language, and memory were derived using latent variable methods. Dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) status was adjudicated. Linear or multinomial regression models examined whether higher PA or higher HRV was cross-sectionally associated with higher factor scores or lower odds of MCI/dementia. Models were adjusted for demographic and medical comorbidities. RESULTS Each 1-unit higher in total amount of PA was significantly associated with 0.30 higher global cognition factor scores (95% CI: 0.16-0.44), 0.38 higher executive function factor scores (95% CI: 0.22-0.53), and 62% lower odds of MCI (OR: 0.38, 95% CI: 0.22-0.67) or 75% lower odds of dementia (OR: 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.74) versus unimpaired cognition. Neither HRV measure was significantly associated with cognitive function or dementia. CONCLUSIONS PA derived from a 2-week ECG monitor with an embedded accelerometer was significantly associated with higher cognitive test performance and lower odds of MCI/dementia among older adults. By contrast, HRV indices measured over 2 weeks were not significantly associated with cognitive outcomes. More research is needed to define the role of wearable ECG monitors as a tool for digital phenotyping of dementia. CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE What Is New?: This cross-sectional study evaluated associations between physical activity (PA) and heart rate variability (HRV) measured over 14 days from a wearable ECG monitor with cognitive function.Higher total amount of PA was associated with higher global cognition and executive function, as well as lower odds of mild cognitive impairment or dementia.HRV indices measured over 2 weeks were not significantly associated with cognitive outcomes.What Are the Clinical Implications?: These findings replicate positive associations between PA and cognitive function using accelerometer data from a wearable ECG monitor with an embedded accelerometer.These findings raise the possibility of using wearable ECG monitors (with embedded accelerometers) as a promising tool for digital phenotyping of dementia.
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Björkman K, Valkama M, Bruun E, Pätsi P, Kulmala P, Tulppo MP, Leskinen M, Ojaniemi M. Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Preterm-Born Young Adults and Association with Vitamin D: A Wearable Device Assessment. J Clin Med 2023; 12:7504. [PMID: 38137574 PMCID: PMC10743414 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12247504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Prematurity has been associated with impaired parasympathetic cardiac regulation later in life. Changes in heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) may indicate a risk for future cardiac dysfunction. The putative role of Vitamin D on cardiac autonomic function in individuals born preterm (PT) remains unknown. This study involves monitoring autonomic cardiac regulation and Vitamin D concentrations in 30 PT and 16 full-term (FT) young adults in a free-living context. The PT subjects were born between 1994 and 1997 at Oulu University Hospital. The inclusion criteria were (1) being born ≤ 32 gestation weeks or (2) being born < 34 gestation weeks with a birth weight under 1500 g. Participants wore an Oura ring sleep tracer, a smart ring device, for 2 weeks to monitor cardiac autonomic function. Parameters related to autonomic cardiac regulation, lowest nighttime resting HR, and the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) to describe HRV were collected. PT males exhibited a tendency toward lower RMSSD (71.8 ± 22.6) compared to FT males (95.63 ± 29.0; p = 0.10). Female participants had a similar mean RMSSD in the FT and PT groups at 72.04 ± 33.2 and 74.0 ± 35.0, respectively. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration did not correlate with cardiac autonomic function parameters. When assessing the lowest resting nighttime HRs and HRVs in a long-term, real-world context, healthy female PT young adults performed similarly to their FT peers. In contrast, the present study's results suggest that male PT young adults exhibit impaired autonomic cardiac function, potentially putting them at risk for cardiovascular disease later in adulthood.
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- Krista Björkman
- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Pohde, 90220 Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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Chung YH, Chen SJ, Lee CL, Wu CW, Chang YS. Relaxing Effects of Breathing Pseudotsuga menziesii and Lavandula angustifolia Essential Oils on Psychophysiological Status in Older Adults. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:15251. [PMID: 36429972 PMCID: PMC9690885 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We evaluated the effects of breathing Pseudotsuga menziesii (P. menziesii) and Lavandula angustifolia (L. angustifolia) essential oils (EOs) during a horticultural activity on older adults. A total number of 92 older adult (71.2 ± 7.7 years old) participants were guided through a leaf printing procedure. In the meantime, water vapor and EOs were diffused in an orderly manner. The heart rate variability-related parameters as well as the brain waves were recorded. In addition, we also collected data for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State (STAI-S) questionnaires before and after the whole indoor natural activity program. The physiological parameters including standard deviation of normal to normal intervals, normalized high frequency (nHF), and high alpha wave increased while the normalized low frequency (nLF), the ratio of LF-to-HF power, high beta wave, and gamma wave decreased following the breathing of P. menziesii and L. angustifolia EOs. These changes indicated a relaxing effect of breathing both EOs during a horticultural activity on older adults. Our results demonstrated a beneficial effect of P. menziesii EO which is as good as a well-known relaxant L. angustifolia EO. This notion was supported by the results of STAI-S. Here we developed an indoor natural activity program for older adults to promote physical and mental health.
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- Ya-Hui Chung
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- College of Nursing and Health, Kang Ning University, Taipei 11485, Taiwan
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Horticulture, Hungkuo Delin University of Technology, New Taipei 236354, Taiwan
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Chen N, Zhao M, Gao K, Zhao J. Experimental Study on the Evaluation and Influencing Factors on Individual's Emergency Escape Capability in Subway Fire. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph181910203. [PMID: 34639504 PMCID: PMC8508343 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph181910203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Studying an individual’s emergency escape capability and its influencing factors is of great practical significance for evacuation and escape in subway emergencies. Taking Zhengzhou Zijing Mountain Subway station as the prototype, and using VR technology, a virtual subway fire escape scene was built. Combined with the total escape time, the total contact time with fire, and the total contact time with smoke, it proposed a calculation formula on emergency escape capability. A total of 34 participants with equal gender distribution were recruited to carry out the virtual subway fire escape experiment, and participants’ physiological data (heart rate variability, skin conductance) were real-time recorded by ErgoLAB V3.0 throughout the whole experiment. The emergency escape capability of each participant was evaluated quantitatively, and the related influencing factors were analyzed. The results show that for the age ranges (19–22 years old) in the experiment, the emergency escape capability of women is significantly lower than that of men (p < 0.05); although there is no significance in emergency escape capability in DISC personality types (p > 0.05), the mean emergency escape capability of people with influence personality type is the worst, and that of people with compliance type is the best; during virtual fire escape vs. baseline, Mean_SC and Mean_HR both increased very significantly (all p < 0.01), and participants were under stress during their virtual fire escape. There is a significant negative correlation between emergency escape capability and LF_increase_rate (p < 0.05), and a remarkably significant negative correlation between emergency escape capability and LF/HF_increase_rate (p < 0.01); the greater the increase rate of LF or LF/HF, the smaller the emergency escape capability, with excessive stress probably not being conducive to emergency escape. There is a very significant negative correlation between an individual’s emergency escape capability and the degree of familiarity with the Zijing Mountain subway station (p < 0.01). The findings provide references and suggestions on the emergency management and emergency evacuation for government and subway departments.
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- Na Chen
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-137-0086-4930
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Nakayama N, Miyachi M, Tamakoshi K, Morikawa S, Negi K, Watanabe K, Moriwaki Y, Hirai M. Increased afternoon step count increases heart rate variability in patients with cardiovascular risk factors. J Clin Nurs 2021; 31:1636-1642. [PMID: 34459051 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The present study investigated whether morning or afternoon activity is more effective at increasing the high-frequency (HF) index, a parasympathetic index, in patients with cardiovascular risk factors. BACKGROUND A decreased HF index, a heart rate variability (HRV) parameter, is a well-established marker of poor cardiovascular prognosis. Because blood pressure and sympathetic tone are higher in the morning, physical activity and exercise in the afternoon has been recommended for patients with cardiovascular diseases. However, there have been no reports concerning the superior effects of afternoon exercise on parasympathetic activity and sleep. DESIGN This observational study was a post hoc comparison. METHODS Patients' physical activity was measured for 1 month to determine their habits. Patients' HF index was measured by 24-h Holter electrocardiography. The study enrolled 56 patients. Each patient's morning step count (before lunch) and afternoon step count (between lunch and dinner) were compared. We adhered to the STROBE guidelines in the present study. RESULTS Thirty-one patients took more steps in the morning, and 25 patients took more steps in the afternoon. The present study showed that those who took more steps in the afternoon had a significantly higher HF index during the first hour after sleep onset and during sleep than those who took more steps in the morning (p = .003, .047). CONCLUSIONS The present study showed that those who took more steps in the afternoon had a significantly higher HF index during the first hour after sleep onset and a higher HF index during sleep than those who took more steps in the morning. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Exercise in the afternoon may improve the prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease by not only preventing excessive blood pressure, afterload, and sympathetic tone but also positively influencing the parasympathetic system and sleep.
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- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.,Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
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Waren A, Ilyas M. Literature Review: Heart Rate Variability as a Biomonitoring of Occupational Stress. THE INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 2021. [DOI: 10.20473/ijosh.v10i2.2021.273-279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Introduction: Occupational stress is a modern epidemic. In terms of stress assessment, tools such as questionnaires are believed to be more subjective, especially in the assessment of stress in the workplace, while of course an objective assessment of stress also needs to be carried out. Objective examination for occupationalsstress will be very useful in the occupationalhhealth settings, which can early detect stress at work and prevent the long term effects. Therefore, this literature review aims to investigate the role of HRV in determining occupational stress. Methods: The searching methods used were PubMed and Google Scholar to find related journals about occupational stress and HRV, published in English. The articlessthatmmet the inclusion criteria were analysed basedoonothesstudy design, study population, occupationalsstressaand HRV assessment based on the Centre of Evidence-based Medicine, the University of Oxford for therapy study. Moreover, sample size varied from 8 to 1788. Results: It was found that there are three studies that fit the criteria, which are one systematic review study, one longitudinal study, and one cross-sectional study. The main finding from those articles was that occupational or job stress is found to be associated with lowered HRV value. Conclusion: HRV can be recommended for practicing occupational physicians and company doctors to identify the core areas of work- related stress.Keywords: biomonitoring, heart rate variability, coccupational stress
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Oliveira-Junior SA, Boullosa D, Mendonça MLM, Vieira LFC, Mattos WW, Amaral BOC, Lima-Borges DS, Reis FA, Cezar MDM, Vanderlei LCM, Martinez PF. Effects of Circuit Weight-Interval Training on Physical Fitness, Cardiac Autonomic Control, and Quality of Life in Sedentary Workers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:4606. [PMID: 33925277 PMCID: PMC8123620 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18094606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sedentary behaviors, those that involve sitting and low levels of energy expenditure, have been associated with several adverse cardiometabolic effects. This study evaluated the chronic effects of a combined circuit weight interval training (CWIT) on physical fitness, quality of life, and heart rate variability (HRV), and compared the effects of CWIT-induced autonomic adaptations on different postures in adult sedentary workers. Twenty-seven sedentary workers (age 36.9 ± 9.2 years old, 13 men and 14 women) were divided into two groups: control, who continued their sedentary behavior, and experimental, who were submitted to a CWIT for 12 weeks, completing two ~40 min sessions per week. Monitoring of 8th, 16th, and 24th sessions revealed a moderate training load during sessions. Participants exhibited an improved aerobic capacity (VO2max, 34.03 ± 5.36 vs. 36.45 ± 6.05 mL/kg/min, p < 0.05) and flexibility (22.6 ± 11.4 vs. 25.3 ± 10.1 cm, p < 0.05) after the training period. In addition, they showed greater quality of life scores. However, the CWIT did not change body composition. Interestingly, more HRV parameters were improved in the seated position. The CWIT used in the current study was associated with improvements in several fitness and quality of life parameters, as well as in cardiac autonomic control of HR in adult sedentary workers. Examination of different body positions when evaluating changes in HRV appears to be a relevant aspect to be considered in further studies. Future randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with larger samples of both sexes should confirm these promising results.
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- Silvio A. Oliveira-Junior
- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Anhanguera University—UNIDERP, Campo Grande 79003-010, MS, Brazil;
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- Department of Physical Education, Itapeva Social and Agrarian Sciences College—FAIT, Itapeva 18412-000, SP, Brazil;
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Sao Paulo State University—UNESP, Presidente Prudente 19060-900, SP, Brazil;
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- Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil; (D.B.); (M.L.M.M.); (L.F.C.V.); (W.W.M.); (B.O.C.A.); (D.S.L.-B.); (P.F.M.)
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Ambulatory Heart Rate Variability in Schizophrenia or Depression: Impact of Anticholinergic Burden and Other Factors. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2021; 41:121-128. [PMID: 33605645 PMCID: PMC7919703 DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0000000000001356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heart rate variability (HRV) has been found reduced in patients with schizophrenia and depression. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how demographic, lifestyle, and pharmacological factors contribute to the reduction in HRV in these patients. METHODS We recruited 37 patients with schizophrenia, 43 patients with unipolar depression, and 64 healthy controls. A combined chest-worn HRV and accelerometer device was used in an ambulatory measurement. Age, sex, anticholinergic burden of medication, nicotine use, body mass index, and ongoing physical activity were assessed in multiple regression models regarding their influence on HRV, measured as the standard deviation of all the RR intervals (SDNN). RESULTS In the fully adjusted model, schizophrenia (β = -0.23, P = 0.019), depression (β = -0.18, P = 0.028), age (β = -0.34, P < 0.000), ongoing physical activity (β = -0.23, P = 0.001), and anticholinergic burden (β = -0.19, P = 0.025) influenced SDNN negatively. Sex, nicotine use, and BMI had negligible effects on SDNN. CONCLUSIONS We show for the first time that a quantified score of anticholinergic burden of medication has a negative relationship to HRV in patients with schizophrenia or depression, but that the diagnoses themselves still exhibit an effect on HRV.
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Takahashi N, Takahashi Y, Tabara Y, Kawaguchi T, Kuriyama A, Ueshima K, Kosugi S, Sekine A, Yamada R, Matsuda F, Nakayama T. Descriptive epidemiology of high frequency component based on heart rate variability from 10-second ECG data and daily physical activity among community adult residents: the Nagahama Study. Biosci Trends 2020; 14:241-247. [PMID: 32624526 DOI: 10.5582/bst.2020.03146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Characteristics of high frequency (HF) component based on heart rate variability (HRV) in a large general population remain unclear, particularly on the relationship with daily physical activity. We aimed to characterize the distribution of HF component and examine the association with daily physical activity among community residents. We performed spectral analysis of HRV from 10-second ECG recordings among 9135 residents aged 30 to 74 years in Nagahama City, Japan. HF components were log-transformed to consider the distribution. Simple correlations between HF and age were determined. Age-adjusted mean values of HF component were calculated for each questionnaire item related to daily physical activity. Multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the effect of daily physical activity on HF component value. Mean values of logarithmically-transformed HF component (lnHF) were higher in women than in men (p < 0.001). lnHF was inversely associated with age (r = -0.40, -0.49 for men, women, respectively). Adjusted mean lnHF for physically active people was significantly higher than that in inactive people (p < 0.001). HF components from 10-second ECG recordings were moderately and negatively correlated with age in both sexes, and positively correlated with daily physical activity in the general adult population. Maintaining the level of daily physical activity, especially to exercise regularly could keep the parasympathetic function high.
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- Naomi Takahashi
- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of EBM Research, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Ethics and Medical Genetics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Omics-based Medicine, Clinical Preventive Medical Sciences, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
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Meina M, Ratajczak E, Sadowska M, Rykaczewski K, Dreszer J, Bałaj B, Biedugnis S, Węgrzyński W, Krasuski A. Heart Rate Variability and Accelerometry as Classification Tools for Monitoring Perceived Stress Levels-A Pilot Study on Firefighters. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E2834. [PMID: 32429383 PMCID: PMC7285091 DOI: 10.3390/s20102834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chronic stress is the main cause of health problems in high-risk jobs. Wearable sensors can become an ecologically valid method of stress level assessment in real-life applications. We sought to determine a non-invasive technique for objective stress monitoring. Data were collected from firefighters during 24-h shifts using sensor belts equipped with a dry-lead electrocardiograph (ECG) and a three-axial accelerometer. Levels of stress experienced during fire incidents were evaluated via a brief self-assessment questionnaire. Types of physical activity were distinguished basing on accelerometer readings, and heart rate variability (HRV) time series were segmented accordingly into corresponding fragments. Those segments were classified as stress/no-stress conditions. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis showed true positive classification as stress condition for 15% of incidents (while maintaining almost zero False Positive Rate), which parallels the amount of truly stressful incidents reported in the questionnaires. These results show a firm correspondence between the perceived stress level and physiological data. Psychophysiological measurements are reliable indicators of stress even in ecological settings and appear promising for chronic stress monitoring in high-risk jobs, such as firefighting.
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- Michał Meina
- Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Department of Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland;
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- Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Department of Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland;
- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Podmurna 74, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (M.S.); (J.D.); (B.B.)
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Torun, Poland;
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Podmurna 74, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (M.S.); (J.D.); (B.B.)
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- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Torun, Poland;
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Podmurna 74, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (M.S.); (J.D.); (B.B.)
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Podmurna 74, 87-100 Torun, Poland; (M.S.); (J.D.); (B.B.)
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- Institute of Safety Engineering, The Main School of Fire Service, Słowackiego 52/54, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Fire Research Department, Building Research Institute (ITB), 00-611 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Institute of Safety Engineering, The Main School of Fire Service, Słowackiego 52/54, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland;
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El Aarbaoui T, Chaix B. The short-term association between exposure to noise and heart rate variability in daily locations and mobility contexts. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2020; 30:383-393. [PMID: 31406273 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-019-0158-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Personal exposure to noise has been shown to be associated with concomitant increases and lagged decreases of short-term heart rate variability (HRV). It is however unknown whether this association differs between contexts defined by visited places or mobility as both exposure sources and expectations may be different between these contexts. METHOD Between July 2014 and June 2015, the RECORD MultiSensor Study collected sound level and heart rate data for 75 participants, aged 34-74 years, in their living environments for 7 days using a personal dosimeter and electrocardiography sensor on the chest. Their whereabouts were collected using a GPS receiver and a mobility survey. Short-term concomitant and lagged associations between sound level and HRV parameters were assessed within types of visited places and transport modes using mixed effects models with a random intercept for participants. RESULTS Increases in sound level were associated with a concomitant increase in all HR/HRV parameters, and delayed decreases in the overall HRV. Interactions between the sound level and the visited place/mobility context were documented. Compared with home, the concomitant association of sound level with HR and rMSSD was doubled within active and private-motorized transport modes, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The association of sound level with HR/HRV varies between visited places/mobility contexts. Future studies investigating these context-dependent associations in ambulatory settings will need to assess additional acoustical factors relating to the visited environments as well as non-acoustical factors impacting the perception of noise.
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- Tarik El Aarbaoui
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, F75012, Paris, France.
- EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, F75012, Paris, France
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Zhao L, Yang L, Su Z, Liu C. Cardiorespiratory Coupling Analysis Based on Entropy and Cross-Entropy in Distinguishing Different Depression Stages. Front Physiol 2019; 10:359. [PMID: 30984033 PMCID: PMC6449862 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aims This study used entropy- and cross entropy-based methods to explore the cardiorespiratory coupling of depressive patients, and thus to assess the values of those entropy methods for identifying depression patients with different disease severities. Methods Electrocardiogram (ECG) and respiration signals from 69 depression patients were recorded simultaneously for 5 min. Patients were classified into three groups according to the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) scores: group Non-De (HDRS 0–7), Mid-De (HDRS 8–17), and Con-De (HDRS >17). Sample entropy (SEn), fuzzy measure entropy (FMEn) and high-frequency power (HF) were computed on the original RR interval time series and breath-to-breath interval time series. Cross sample entropy (CSEn) and cross fuzzy measure entropy (CFMEn) were computed on interval time series resampled at 2 Hz and 4 Hz, respectively. The difference among three patient groups and correlation between entropy values and HDRS scores were analyzed by statistical analysis. Surrogate data were also employed to confirm the validation of entropy measures in this study. Results A consistent increasing trend has been found among most entropy measures from Non-De, to Mid-De, and to Con-De groups, and a significant (p < 0.05) difference in FMEn of RR intervals exists between Non-De and Mid-De or Con-De groups. Significant differences have been also found in all cross entropies, between Non-De and Con-De groups and between Mid-De and Con-De groups. Furthermore, significant correlations also exist between HDRS scores and FMEn of RR intervals (R = 0.24, p < 0.05), CSEn at 4 Hz (R = 0.26, p < 0.05) or 2 Hz (R = 0.28, p < 0.05) resampling, and CFMEn at 4 Hz (R = 0.31, p < 0.01) or 2 Hz (R = 0.30, p < 0.05) resampling. A significant difference of cardiorespiratory coupling parameters between different depression stages and significant correlations between entropy measures and depression severity both indicate central autonomic dysregulation in depression patients and reflect varying degrees of vagal modulation reduction among different depression levels. Analysis based on surrogate data confirms that the non-linear properties of the physiological signals played a major role in depression recognition. Conclusion The current study demonstrates the potential of cardiorespiratory coupling in the auxiliary diagnosis of depression based on the entropy method.
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- Lulu Zhao
- School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College, Jining, China
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- School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Oliveira-Silva I, Silva VA, Cunha RM, Foster C. Autonomic changes induced by pre-competitive stress in cyclists in relation to physical fitness and anxiety. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209834. [PMID: 30589905 PMCID: PMC6307747 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cycling is a sport which requires great physical effort from athletes. The stress and anxiety of competition might interfere greatly with performance, by impacting the autonomic system. Physiological alterations, such as situations that irritate, frighten or excite the individual can cause a stress response, defined as a response of the organism to reestablish the homeostasis, regardless of its relationship to a sports situation. The aim of this study was to present data on the autonomic changes induced by precompetitive stress in cyclists and their relation with physical fitness and anxiety. Twelve healthy cyclists aged between 18 and 40 years, with previous experience in competition at the regional level, participated in the study. Heart rate variability (HRV) and physical fitness (body mass index, body fat and aerobic capacity) were measured 5 days before the Mountain Bike championship and remeasured 45 minutes before the start of the race (HRV and Anciety). Paired T test, effect size and correlational test were used. Cycling competition is a stressful situation capable of altering autonomic and hemodynamic parameters. We observed the increase in SDNN, reflecting an increase in sympathetic autonomic control. There were correlations between physical fitness with some autonomic parameters, while anxiety correlated with the years of experience in competition.
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- Iransé Oliveira-Silva
- Department of Physical Education, University Center of Anápolis-UniEVANGÉLICA, Anápolis, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, University Center of Anápolis-UniEVANGÉLICA, Anápolis, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, University Center of Anápolis-UniEVANGÉLICA, Anápolis, Brazil
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Oishi K, Himeno Y, Miwa M, Anzai H, Kitajima K, Yasunaka Y, Kumagai H, Ieiri S, Hirooka H. Correcting the Activity-Specific Component of Heart Rate Variability Using Dynamic Body Acceleration Under Free-Moving Conditions. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1063. [PMID: 30131717 PMCID: PMC6091277 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a widely used technique to assess sympatho-vagal regulation in response to various internal or external stressors. However, HRV measurements under free-moving conditions are highly susceptible to subjects’ physical activity levels because physical activity alters energy metabolism, which inevitably modulates the cardiorespiratory system and thereby changes the sympatho-vagal balance, regardless of stressors. Thus, researchers must simultaneously quantify the effect of physical activity on HRV to reliably assess sympatho-vagal balance under free-moving conditions. In the present study, dynamic body acceleration (DBA), which was developed in the field of animal ecology as a quantitative proxy for activity-specific energy expenditure, was used as a factor to correct for physical activity when evaluating HRV in freely moving subjects. Body acceleration and heart inter-beat intervals were simultaneously measured in cattle and sheep, and the vectorial DBA and HRV parameters were evaluated at 5-min intervals. Next, the effects of DBA on the HRV parameters were statistically analyzed. The heart rate (HR) and most of the HRV parameters were affected by DBA in both animal species, and the inclusion of the effect of DBA in the HRV analysis greatly influenced the frequency domain and nonlinear HRV parameters. By removing the effect of physical activity quantified using DBA, we could fairly compare the stress levels of animals with different physical activity levels under different management conditions. Moreover, we analyzed and compared the HRV parameters before and after correcting for the mean HR, with and without inclusion of DBA. The results were somewhat unexpected, as the effect of DBA was a highly significant source of HRV also in parameters corrected for mean HR. In conclusion, the inclusion of DBA as a physical activity index is a simple and useful method for correcting the activity-specific component of HRV under free-moving conditions.
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- Kazato Oishi
- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Division of Grassland Farming, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tochigi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Animal and Grassland Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Animal and Grassland Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Provan SA, Olstad DS, Solberg EE, Smedslund G, Dagfinrud H. Evidence of reduced parasympathetic autonomic regulation in inflammatory joint disease: A meta-analyses study. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2017; 48:134-140. [PMID: 29291895 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) are inflammatory joint disorders (IJD) with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Autonomic dysfunction (AD) is a risk factor for CVD, and parasympathetic AD is linked to key features of IJD such as inflammation, physical inactivity and pain. Heart-rate variability (HRV) is a marker of cardiac AD. The study objective was to compare parasympathetic cardiac AD, measured by HRV, between patients with IJD and healthy controls, using meta-analysis methodology, and to examine the impact of inflammation, physical inactivity and pain on HRV in IJD. METHODS Medline, Embase and Amed were searched. Inclusion criteria were adult case-control studies published in English or a Scandinavian language, presenting HRV data in IJD. Two measures of HRV and 3 from the Ewing protocol were selected: square root of mean squared difference of successive R-R intervals (RMSSD), high frequency (HF), Ewing protocol; standing (E-S), breathing (E-B) and Valsalva (E-V). Patients with RA, SpA and healthy controls were compared separately using random-effects meta-analyses of standardized mean differences (SMD). RESULTS In all, 35 papers were eligible for inclusion. For RMSSD the pooled SMD (95% CI) RA vs. controls was -0.90 (-1.35 to -0.44), for SpA vs. controls; -0.34 (-0.73 to 0.06). For HF pooled SMD RA vs. controls was -0.78 (-0.99 to -0.57), for SpA vs. controls; -0.04 (-0.22 to 0.13). All Ewing parameters were significantly lower in cases, except for E-V which was comparable between cases and controls in patients with RA. CONCLUSION Patients with IJD have cardiac parasympathetic AD which is related to inflammation.
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- Sella A Provan
- Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, PB 23 Vindern, 0319 Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Rheumatology, National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Rheumatology, National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Rheumatology, National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Bhogal AS, Mani AR. Pattern Analysis of Oxygen Saturation Variability in Healthy Individuals: Entropy of Pulse Oximetry Signals Carries Information about Mean Oxygen Saturation. Front Physiol 2017; 8:555. [PMID: 28824451 PMCID: PMC5539125 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pulse oximetry is routinely used for monitoring patients' oxygen saturation levels with little regard to the variability of this physiological variable. There are few published studies on oxygen saturation variability (OSV), with none describing the variability and its pattern in a healthy adult population. The aim of this study was to characterize the pattern of OSV using several parameters; the regularity (sample entropy analysis), the self-similarity [detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA)] and the complexity [multiscale entropy (MSE) analysis]. Secondly, to determine if there were any changes that occur with age. The study population consisted of 36 individuals. The “young” population consisted of 20 individuals [Mean (±1 SD) age = 21.0 (±1.36 years)] and the “old” population consisted of 16 individuals [Mean (±1 SD) age = 50.0 (±10.4 years)]. Through DFA analysis, OSV was shown to exhibit fractal-like patterns. The sample entropy revealed the variability to be more regular than heart rate variability and respiratory rate variability. There was also a significant inverse correlation between mean oxygen saturation and sample entropy in healthy individuals. Additionally, the MSE analysis described a complex fluctuation pattern, which was reduced with age (p < 0.05). These findings suggest partial “uncoupling” of the cardio-respiratory control system that occurs with aging. Overall, this study has characterized OSV using pre-existing tools. We have showed that entropy analysis of pulse oximetry signals carries information about body oxygenation. This may have the potential to be used in clinical practice to detect differences in diseased patient subsets.
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- Amar S Bhogal
- UCL Division of Medicine, University College LondonLondon, United Kingdom
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- UCL Division of Medicine, University College LondonLondon, United Kingdom
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Kim EY, Lee MY, Kim SH, Ha K, Kim KP, Ahn YM. Diagnosis of major depressive disorder by combining multimodal information from heart rate dynamics and serum proteomics using machine-learning algorithm. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2017; 76:65-71. [PMID: 28223106 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a systemic and multifactorial disorder that involves abnormalities in multiple biochemical pathways and the autonomic nervous system. This study applied a machine-learning method to classify MDD and control groups by incorporating data from serum proteomic analysis and heart rate variability (HRV) analysis for the identification of novel peripheral biomarkers. METHODS The study subjects consisted of 25 drug-free female MDD patients and 25 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. First, quantitative serum proteome profiles were analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry using pooled serum samples from 10 patients and 10 controls. Next, candidate proteins were quantified with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) in 50 subjects. We also analyzed 22 linear and nonlinear HRV parameters in 50 subjects. Finally, we identified a combined biomarker panel consisting of proteins and HRV indexes using a support vector machine with recursive feature elimination. RESULTS A separation between MDD and control groups was achieved using five parameters (apolipoprotein B, group-specific component, ceruloplasmin, RMSSD, and SampEn) at 80.1% classification accuracy. A combination of HRV and proteomic data achieved better classification accuracy. CONCLUSIONS A high classification accuracy can be achieved by combining multimodal information from heart rate dynamics and serum proteomics in MDD. Our approach can be helpful for accurate clinical diagnosis of MDD. Further studies using larger, independent cohorts are needed to verify the role of these candidate biomarkers for MDD diagnosis.
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- Eun Young Kim
- Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Applied Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Dongguk University Medical School, Dongguk University International Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Applied Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Oliveira-Silva I, Leicht AS, Moraes MR, Simões HG, Del Rosso S, Córdova C, Boullosa DA. Heart Rate and Cardiovascular Responses to Commercial Flights: Relationships with Physical Fitness. Front Physiol 2016; 7:648. [PMID: 28082914 PMCID: PMC5186762 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to examine the influence of physical fitness on cardiac autonomic control in passengers prior to, during and following commercial flights. Twenty-two, physically active men (36.4 ± 6.4 years) undertook assessments of physical fitness followed by recordings of 24-h heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), and blood pressure (BP) on a Control (no flight) and Experimental (flight) day. Recordings were analyzed using a two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures with relationships between variables examined via Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients. Compared to the Control day, 24-h HR was significantly greater (>7%) and HRV measures (5–39%) significantly lower on the Experimental day. During the 1-h flight, HR (24%), and BP (6%) were increased while measures of HRV (26–45%) were reduced. Absolute values of HRV during the Experimental day and relative changes in HRV measures (Control-Experimental) were significantly correlated with measures of aerobic fitness (r = 0.43 to 0.51; −0.53 to −0.52) and body composition (r = −0.63 to −0.43; 0.48–0.61). The current results demonstrated that short-term commercial flying significantly altered cardiovascular function including the reduction of parasympathetic modulations. Further, greater physical fitness and lower body fat composition were associated with greater cardiac autonomic control for passengers during flights. Enhanced physical fitness and leaner body composition may enable passengers to cope better with the cardiovascular stress and high allostatic load associated with air travel for enhanced passenger well-being.
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- Iransé Oliveira-Silva
- Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of BrasiliaÁguas Claras, Brazil; Physical Education, UniEVANGÉLICA - Centro UniversitárioAnápolis, Brazil
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- Sport and Exercise Science, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Águas Claras, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Águas Claras, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Águas Claras, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Águas Claras, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of BrasiliaÁguas Claras, Brazil; Sport and Exercise Science, College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook UniversityTownsville, QLD, Australia
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Melillo P, Castaldo R, Sannino G, Orrico A, de Pietro G, Pecchia L. Wearable technology and ECG processing for fall risk assessment, prevention and detection. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016; 2015:7740-3. [PMID: 26738086 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7320186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Falls represent one of the most common causes of injury-related morbidity and mortality in later life. Subjects with cardiovascular disorders (e.g., related to autonomic dysfunctions and postural hypotension) are at higher risk of falling. Autonomic dysfunctions increasing the risk of falling in the short and mid-term could be assessed by Heart Rate Variability (HRV) extracted by electrocardiograph (ECG). We developed three trials for assessing the usefulness of ECG monitoring using wearable devices for: risk assessment of falling in the next few weeks; prevention of imminent falls due to standing hypotension; and fall detection. Statistical and data-mining methods are adopted to develop classification and regression models, validated with the cross-validation approach. The first classifier based on HRV features enabled to identify future fallers among hypertensive patients with an accuracy of 72% (sensitivity: 51.1%, specificity: 80.2%). The regression model to predict falls due to orthostatic dropdown from HRV recorded before standing achieved an overall accuracy of 80% (sensitivity: 92%, specificity: 90%). Finally, the classifier to detect simulated falls using ECG achieved an accuracy of 77.3% (sensitivity: 81.8%, specificity: 72.7%). The evidence from these three studies showed that ECG monitoring and processing could achieve satisfactory performances compared to other system for risk assessment, fall prevention and detection. This is interesting as differently from other technologies actually employed to prevent falls, ECG is recommended for many other pathologies of later life and is more accepted by senior citizens.
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Kadoya M, Koyama H, Kurajoh M, Naka M, Miyoshi A, Kanzaki A, Kakutani M, Shoji T, Moriwaki Y, Yamamoto T, Inaba M, Namba M. Associations of Sleep Quality and Awake Physical Activity with Fluctuations in Nocturnal Blood Pressure in Patients with Cardiovascular Risk Factors. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155116. [PMID: 27166822 PMCID: PMC4864358 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sleep quality and awake physical activity are important behavioral factors involved in the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases, potentially through nocturnal blood pressure (BP) changes. However, the impacts of quantitatively measured sleep quality and awake physical activity on BP fluctuation, and their relationships with several candidate causal factors for nocturnal hypertension are not well elucidated. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 303 patients registered in the HSCAA study. Measurements included quantitatively determined sleep quality parameters and awake physical activity obtained by actigraph, nocturnal systolic BP (SBP) fall [100 × (1- sleep SBP/awake SBP ratio)], apnea hypopnea index, urinary sodium and cortisol secretion, plasma aldosterone concentration and renin activity, insulin resistance index, parameters of heart rate variability (HRV), and plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). RESULTS Simple regression analysis showed that time awake after sleep onset (r = -0.150), a parameter of sleep quality, and awake physical activity (r = 0.164) were significantly correlated with nocturnal SBP fall. Among those, time awake after sleep onset (β = -0.179) and awake physical activity (β = 0.190) were significantly and independently associated with nocturnal SBP fall in multiple regression analysis. In a subgroup of patients without taking anti-hypertensive medications, both time awake after sleep onset (β = -0.336) and awake physical activity (β = 0.489) were more strongly and independently associated with nocturnal SBP falls. CONCLUSION Sleep quality and awake physical activity were found to be significantly associated with nocturnal SBP fall, and that relationship was not necessarily confounded by candidate causal factors for nocturnal hypertension.
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- Manabu Kadoya
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545–8585, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1–1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663–8501, Japan
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Cipryan L. Within-Session Stability of Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Measurement. J Hum Kinet 2016; 50:85-92. [PMID: 28149345 PMCID: PMC5260644 DOI: 10.1515/hukin-2015-0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The primary aim of this study was to assess the retest stability of the short-term heart rate variability (HRV) measurement performed within one session and without the use of any intervention. Additionally, a precise investigation of the possible impact of intrinsic biological variation on HRV reliability was also performed. First, a single test-retest HRV measurement was conducted with 20-30 min apart from one another. Second, the HRV measurement was repeated in ten non-interrupted consecutive intervals. The lowest typical error (CV = 21.1%) was found for the square root of the mean squared differences of successive RR intervals (rMSSD) and the highest for the low frequency power (PLF) (CV = 93.9%). The standardized changes in the mean were trivial to small. The correlation analysis revealed the highest level for ln rMSSD (ICC = 0.87), while ln PLF represented the worst case (ICC = 0.59). The reliability indices for ln rMSSD in 10 consecutive intervals improved (CV = 9.9%; trivial standardized changes in the mean; ICC = 0.96). In conclusion, major differences were found in the reliability level between the HRV indices. The rMSSD demonstrated the highest reliability level. No substantial influence of intrinsic biological variation on the HRV reliability was observed.
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- Lukas Cipryan
- Human Motion Diagnostic Centre, Ostrava University, Czech Republic
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Cardiac autonomic modulation in judo athletes: evaluation by linear and non-linear method. SPORT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11332-015-0256-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tonello L, Reichert FF, Oliveira-Silva I, Del Rosso S, Leicht AS, Boullosa DA. Correlates of Heart Rate Measures with Incidental Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight Female Workers. Front Physiol 2016; 6:405. [PMID: 26779034 PMCID: PMC4704056 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that physical activity (PA) levels and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) impact on the autonomic control of heart rate (HR). However, previous studies evaluating PA levels did not discriminate between incidental PA and regular exercise. We hypothesized that incidental PA “per se” would influence cardiac autonomic indices as assessed via HR variability (HRV) and HR recovery (HRR) in non-exercisers. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between objective PA levels, CRF, and cardiac autonomic indices in adult, regular non-exercising female workers. After familiarization with procedures and evaluation of body composition, 21 women completed a submaximal cycling test and evaluation of HRR on four different days. Resting (2-min seated and standing) and ambulatory (4-h) HRV were also recorded. Levels of PA were assessed by accelerometry over five consecutive days (i.e., Wednesday to Sunday). Maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) was measured as an index of CRF. As reliability was low to moderate for most HR measures, relationships between these and PA and CRF were examined using the 4-day average measures. Significant correlations were identified between post-exercise HRR in the first min with various PA indices (daily moderate PA, daily vigorous PA, and the sum of vigorous and very vigorous daily PA). Additionally, VO2max was significantly correlated to HRV but not to HRR. The current results indicated that CRF was influential in enhancing HRV while incidental or non-exercise based PA was associated with greater autonomic reactivation in adult overweight women. Therefore, both CRF and non-exercise based PA contribute significant but diverse effects on cardiac health. The use of 4-day averages instead of single measures for evaluation of autonomic control of HR may provide a better indication of regular cardiac autonomic function that remains to be refined.
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- Laís Tonello
- Departamento de Educação Física, Centro Universitário UnirG Gurupi, Brazil
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- Escola Superior de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Pelotas Pelotas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Educação Física, UniEVANGÉLICA-Centro Universitário de AnápolisAnápolis, Brazil; Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Católica de BrasíliaÁguas Claras, Brazil
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- Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Católica de Brasília Águas Claras, Brazil
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- Sport and Exercise Science, James Cook University Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Católica de Brasília Águas Claras, Brazil
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Melillo P, Jovic A, De Luca N, Pecchia L. Automatic classifier based on heart rate variability to identify fallers among hypertensive subjects. Healthc Technol Lett 2015; 2:89-94. [PMID: 26609412 DOI: 10.1049/htl.2015.0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Accidental falls are a major problem of later life. Different technologies to predict falls have been investigated, but with limited success, mainly because of low specificity due to a high false positive rate. This Letter presents an automatic classifier based on heart rate variability (HRV) analysis with the goal to identify fallers automatically. HRV was used in this study as it is considered a good estimator of autonomic nervous system (ANS) states, which are responsible, among other things, for human balance control. Nominal 24 h electrocardiogram recordings from 168 cardiac patients (age 72 ± 8 years, 60 female), of which 47 were fallers, were investigated. Linear and nonlinear HRV properties were analysed in 30 min excerpts. Different data mining approaches were adopted and their performances were compared with a subject-based receiver operating characteristic analysis. The best performance was achieved by a hybrid algorithm, RUSBoost, integrated with feature selection method based on principal component analysis, which achieved satisfactory specificity and accuracy (80 and 72%, respectively), but low sensitivity (51%). These results suggested that ANS states causing falls could be reliably detected, but also that not all the falls were due to ANS states.
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- Paolo Melillo
- Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences , Second University of Naples , Via S. Pansini, 5 , Naples 80138 , Italy ; SHARE Project , Italian Ministry of Education , Scientific Research and University , Rome , Italy
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing , University of Zagreb , Unska 3 , HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences , University of Naples Federico II , Via S. Pansini, 5 , Naples 80138 , Italy
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- School of Engineering , University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL , UK
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Reyes-Lagos JJ, Echeverría-Arjonilla JC, Peña-Castillo MÁ, García-González MT, Ortiz-Pedroza MDR, Pacheco-López G, Vargas-García C, Camal-Ugarte S, González-Camarena R. A comparison of heart rate variability in women at the third trimester of pregnancy and during low-risk labour. Physiol Behav 2015; 149:255-61. [PMID: 26048301 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Heart rate variability (HRV) has been recognised as a non-invasive method for assessing cardiac autonomic regulation. Aiming to characterize HRV changes at labour in women, we studied 10 minute ECG recordings from young mothers (n=30) at the third trimester of pregnancy (P) or during augmentation of labour (L) (n=30). Data of the L group were collected when no-contractions (L-NC) or the contractile activity (L-C) was manifested. Accordingly, the inter-beat interval (IBI) time series were processed to estimate relevant parameters of HRV such as the mean IBI (IBI¯), the mean heart rate HR¯, the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) in IBIs, the natural logarithm of high-frequency component (LnHF), the short-term scaling parameters from detrended fluctuation and magnitude and sign analyses such as (α1, α1(MAG), α1(SIGN)), and the sample entropy (SampEn). We found statistical differences (p<0.05) for RMSSD among P and L-NC/L-C groups (25 ± 13 vs. 36 ± 14/34 ± 16 ms) and for LnHF between P and L-NC (5.37 ± 1.15 vs. 6.05 ± 0.86 ms(2)). Likewise, we identified statistical differences (p<0.05) for α1(SIGN) among P and L-NC/L-C groups (0.19 ± 0.20 vs. 0.32 ± 0.17/0.39 ± 0.13). By contrast, L-NC and L-C groups showed statistical differences (p<0.05) in α1(MAG) (0.67 ± 0.12 vs. 0.79 ± 0.12), and SampEn (1.62 ± 0.26 vs. 1.20 ± 0.44). These results suggest that during labour, despite preserving a concomitant non-linear influence, the maternal short-term cardiac autonomic regulation becomes weakly anticorrelated (as indicated by α1(SIGN)); furthermore, an increased vagally mediated activity is observed (as indicated by RMSSD and LnHF), which may reflect a cholinergic pathway activation owing to the use of oxytocin or the anti-inflammatory cholinergic response triggered during labour.
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- José Javier Reyes-Lagos
- Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Campus Iztapalapa, Basic Sciences and Engineering Division, Mexico City 09340, Mexico
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- Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Campus Iztapalapa, Basic Sciences and Engineering Division, Mexico City 09340, Mexico
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- Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Campus Iztapalapa, Basic Sciences and Engineering Division, Mexico City 09340, Mexico
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- Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Campus Iztapalapa, Basic Sciences and Engineering Division, Mexico City 09340, Mexico
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- UAM, Campus Lerma, Biological and Health Sciences Division, Lerma 52000, Mexico; University of Leiden, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit, 2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Chang JS, Hwang SSH, Yi SH, Kim Y, Lee YS, Kim YS, Jung HY. Evaluating subjective domains of antipsychotic-induced adverse effects using heart rate variability. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2015; 69:283-91. [PMID: 25066617 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS Antipsychotic-induced autonomic dysregulation may lead to a wide range of subjective side-effects in schizophrenia patients. Using heart rate variability (HRV) measures, we prospectively examined the relationship between subjective side-effects and cardiac autonomic regulation in unmedicated schizophrenia patients. METHODS Forty-five unmedicated schizophrenia patients were assessed for antipsychotic-associated side-effects and HRV parameters at baseline and after 6 weeks of treatment. Psychiatric symptoms and subjective side-effects were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Liverpool University Neuroleptic Side-effect Rating Scale (LUNSERS). RESULTS Correlations between subjective adverse effects and HRV measures at baseline and at week 6 varied. Nonetheless, the changes in the psychic side-effects domain were significantly correlated with the changes in time-domain HRV measures and sample entropy (SampEn). In addition, the change in SampEn was significantly associated with that in the scores of extrapyramidal, anticholinergic, miscellaneous, and red herring domains as well as the mean total LUNSERS score. CONCLUSION Baseline HRV measures may predict clinical response and adverse events associated with treatment adherence. Also, subjective side-effects may correspond well with the changes in neurocardiac dynamics, and the changes in SampEn may effectively reflect subjective discomfort in patients receiving antipsychotic treatment.
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- Jae Seung Chang
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Skotte JH, Kristiansen J. Heart rate variability analysis using robust period detection. Biomed Eng Online 2014; 13:138. [PMID: 25248280 PMCID: PMC4228159 DOI: 10.1186/1475-925x-13-138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Objective Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis, which is an important tool for activity assessment of the cardiac autonomic nervous system, very often includes the estimation of power spectra for series of interbeat intervals (IBI). Ectopic beats and artifacts have a destructive effect on the standard methods (Fourier transform, FFT) for frequency analysis. This study investigates an alternative method for calculation of the periodogram using a robust period detection (RPD). Method Error free IBI series of 5 minutes for 221 subjects during one day were artificially distorted by randomly changing IBI values by ±15-40%. The low to high frequency rate (LF/HF) were calculated from periodograms estimated by the FFT, RPD and Lomb (LSP) methods for both error free and distorted series and for series with removed beats. Log transformed LF/HF values for series with distorted/removed beats were compared to undistorted values by linear regression. Results For series with 10% of distorted IBI values the regression analysis between distorted and undistorted series showed a goodness of fit, coefficient and intercept of 0.98, 0.94 and 0.02, respectively. In comparison, the values of these parameters were (0.34, 0.46, -1.61) and (0.28, 0.42,-1.32) for the FFT and LSP methods, respectively. Similarly, the comparison between series with removed and undistorted beats yielded goodness of fit, coefficient and intercept of (0.98, 0.96, -0.01), (0.93, 0.78, -0.02) and (0.98, 0.95, 0.19) for RPD, FFT and LSP, respectively. Conclusion The RPD method demonstrated superior performance compared to the FFT and LSP method by estimation of power spectral characteristics for HRV analysis. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1475-925X-13-138) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jørgen H Skotte
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mackenzie MJ, Carlson LE, Paskevich DM, Ekkekakis P, Wurz AJ, Wytsma K, Krenz KA, McAuley E, Culos-Reed S. Associations between attention, affect and cardiac activity in a single yoga session for female cancer survivors: An enactive neurophenomenology-based approach. Conscious Cogn 2014; 27:129-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Heart rate variability and treatment outcome in major depression: a pilot study. Int J Psychophysiol 2014; 93:204-10. [PMID: 24769434 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Revised: 04/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Variations in heart rate variability (HRV) have been associated with major depressive disorder (MDD), but the relationship of baseline HRV to treatment outcome in MDD is unclear. We conducted a pilot study to examine associations between resting baseline HRV and MDD treatment outcome. We retrospectively tested several parameters of HRV in an MDD treatment study with escitalopram (ESC, N=26) to generate a model of how baseline HRV related to treatment outcome, and cross-validated the model in a separate trial of MDD treatment with Iyengar yoga (IY, N=16). Lower relative power of very low frequency (rVLF) HRV at baseline predicted improvement in depressive symptoms when adjusted for age and gender (R2>.43 and p<0.05 for both trials). Although vagal parasympathetic measures were correlated with antidepressant treatment outcome, their predictive power was not significant after adjusting for age and gender. In conclusion, baseline resting rVLF was associated with depression treatment outcome in two independent MDD treatment studies. These results should be interpreted with caution due to limited sample size, but a strength of this study is its validation of the rVLF predictor in an independent sample. rVLF merits prospective confirmation as a candidate biomarker.
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Tonello L, Rodrigues FB, Souza JWS, Campbell CSG, Leicht AS, Boullosa DA. The role of physical activity and heart rate variability for the control of work related stress. Front Physiol 2014; 5:67. [PMID: 24600407 PMCID: PMC3931195 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Physical activity (PA) and exercise are often used as tools to reduce stress and therefore the risk for developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Meanwhile, heart rate variability (HRV) has been utilized to assess both stress and PA or exercise influences. The objective of the present review was to examine the current literature in regards to workplace stress, PA/exercise and HRV to encourage further studies. We considered original articles from known databases (PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge) over the last 10 years that examined these important factors. A total of seven studies were identified with workplace stress strongly associated with reduced HRV in workers. Longitudinal workplace PA interventions may provide a means to improve worker stress levels and potentially cardiovascular risk with mechanisms still to be clarified. Future studies are recommended to identify the impact of PA, exercise, and fitness on stress levels and HRV in workers and their subsequent influence on cardiovascular health.
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- Laís Tonello
- Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Institute of Sport and Exercise Science, James Cook University Queensland, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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Moura-Tonello SCG, Takahashi ACM, Francisco CO, Lopes SLB, Del Vale AM, Borghi-Silva A, Leal AMO, Montano N, Porta A, Catai AM. Influence of type 2 diabetes on symbolic analysis and complexity of heart rate variability in men. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2014; 6:13. [PMID: 24485048 PMCID: PMC3930297 DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Individuals with diabetes may develop cardiac autonomic dysfunction that may be evaluated by heart rate variability (HRV). The aim was evaluated heart rate variability (HRV) of individuals with type 2 diabetes, without cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN), in response to active postural maneuver by means of nonlinear analysis (symbolic analysis, Shannon and conditional entropy) and correlate HRV parameters between them, glycated hemoglobin and diabetes duration. METHODS Nineteen men with type 2 diabetes without CAN (T2D) and nineteen healthy men (CG), age-range from 40 to 60 years were studied. We assessed HRV in supine and orthostatic position using symbolic analysis (0V%, 1V%, 2LV% and 2UV%), Shannon and conditional entropy (SE and NCI). RESULTS In supine position T2D presented higher sympathetic modulation (0V%) than CG. However, there was not any difference between groups for indexes of complexity (SE and NCI). Furthermore, T2D presented a preserved response of cardiac autonomic modulation after active postural maneuver. CONCLUSIONS The present study showed that individuals with type 2 diabetes without CAN presented higher cardiac sympathetic modulation. However, the complexity of HRV was not influenced by imbalance of the autonomic modulation in individuals with type 2 diabetes. In addition, the response of autonomic nervous system in the heart remains preserved after active postural maneuver in individuals with type 2 diabetes, possibly due to the lack of CAN in this group.
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- Sílvia CG Moura-Tonello
- Physiotherapy Department, Cardiovascular Physiotherapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Department, Cardiovascular Physiotherapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Department, Cardiovascular Physiotherapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Department, Cardiovascular Physiotherapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Department, Cardiovascular Physiotherapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine II, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Technologies for Health, Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Physiotherapy Department, Cardiovascular Physiotherapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Gimeno-Santos E, Rodriguez DA, Barberan-Garcia A, Blanco I, Vilaró J, Torralba Y, Rodriguez-Roisin R, Barberà JA, Roca J, Garcia-Aymerich J. Endurance Exercise Training Improves Heart Rate Recovery in Patients with COPD. COPD 2013; 11:190-6. [DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2013.831401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hallman DM, Ekman AH, Lyskov E. Changes in physical activity and heart rate variability in chronic neck–shoulder pain: monitoring during work and leisure time. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2013; 87:735-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0917-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A comparison of methods for quantifying training load: relationships between modelled and actual training responses. Eur J Appl Physiol 2013; 114:11-20. [PMID: 24104194 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2745-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the validity of methods for quantifying training load, fitness and fatigue in endurance athletes using a mathematical model. METHODS Seven trained runners (VO2max: 51.7 ± 4.5 mL kg(-1) min(-1), age: 38.6 ± 9.4 years, mean ± SD) completed 15 weeks of endurance running training. Training sessions were assessed using a heart rate (HR), running pace and rating of perceived exertion (RPE). Training dose was calculated using the session-RPE method, Banisters TRIMP and the running training stress score (rTSS). Weekly running performance (1,500-m time trial), fitness (submaximal HR, resting HR) and fatigue [profile of mood states, heart rate variability (HRV)] were measured. A mathematical model was applied to the training data from each runner to provide individual estimates of performance, fitness and fatigue. Correlations assessed the relationships between the modelled and actual weekly performance, fitness and fatigue measures within each runner. RESULTS Training resulted in 5.4 ± 2.6 % improvement in 1,500-m performance. Modelled performance was correlated with actual performance in each subject, with relationships being r = 0.70 ± 0.11, 0.60 ± 0.10 and 0.65 ± 0.13 for the rTSS, session-RPE and TRIMP input methods, respectively. There were moderate correlations between modelled and actual fitness (submaximal HR) for the session-RPE (-0.43 ± 0.37) and TRIMP (-0.48 ± 0.39) methods and moderate-to-large correlations between modelled and actual fatigue measured through HRV indices for both session-RPE (-0.48 ± 0.39) and TRIMP (-0.59 ± 0.31) methods. CONCLUSIONS These findings showed that each of the training load methods investigated are appropriate for quantifying endurance training dose and that submaximal HR and HRV may be useful for monitoring fitness and fatigue, respectively.
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Stefani M, Arima H, Mohamed A. Withdrawal of anti-epileptic medications during video EEG monitoring does not alter ECG parameters or HRV. Epilepsy Res 2013; 106:222-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Sequentiality of daily life physiology: an automatized segmentation approach. Acta Biotheor 2013; 61:437-47. [PMID: 23943146 DOI: 10.1007/s10441-013-9192-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Based on the hypotheses that (1) a physiological organization exists inside each activity of daily life and (2) the pattern of evolution of physiological variables is characteristic of each activity, pattern changes should be detected on daily life physiological recordings. The present study aims at investigating whether a simple segmentation method can be set up to detect pattern changes on physiological recordings carried out during daily life. Heart and breathing rates and skin temperature have been non-invasively recorded in volunteers following scenarios made of "daily life" steps (13 records). An observer, undergoing the scenario, wrote down annotations during the recording time. Two segmentation procedures have been compared to the annotations, a visual inspection of the signals and an automatic program based on a trends detection algorithm applied to one physiological signal (skin temperature). The annotations resulted in a total number of 213 segments defined on the 13 records, the best visual inspection detected less segments (120) than the automatic program (194). If evaluated in terms of the number of correspondences between the times marks given by annotations and those resulting from both physiologically based segmentations, the automatic program was better than the visual inspection. The mean time lags between annotation and program time marks remain <60 s (the precision of annotation times marks). We conclude that physiological variables time series recorded in common life conditions exhibit different successive patterns that can be detected by a simple trends detection algorithm. Theses sequences are coherent with the corresponding annotated activity.
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Carll AP, Hazari MS, Perez CM, Krantz QT, King CJ, Haykal-Coates N, Cascio WE, Costa DL, Farraj AK. An autonomic link between inhaled diesel exhaust and impaired cardiac performance: insight from treadmill and dobutamine challenges in heart failure-prone rats. Toxicol Sci 2013; 135:425-36. [PMID: 23872579 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cardiac disease exacerbation is associated with short-term exposure to vehicular emissions. Diesel exhaust (DE) might impair cardiac performance in part through perturbing efferent sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous system (ANS) input to the heart. We hypothesized that acute changes in ANS balance mediate decreased cardiac performance upon DE inhalation. Young adult heart failure-prone rats were implanted with radiotelemeters to measure heart rate (HR), HR variability (HRV), blood pressure (BP), core body temperature, and pre-ejection period (PEP, a contractility index). Animals pretreated with sympathetic antagonist (atenolol), parasympathetic antagonist (atropine), or saline were exposed to DE (500 µg/m(3) fine particulate matter, 4h) or filtered air and then treadmill exercise challenged. At 1 day postexposure, separate rats were catheterized for left ventricular pressure (LVP), contractility, and lusitropy and assessed for autonomic influence using the sympathoagonist dobutamine and surgical vagotomy. During DE exposure, atenolol inhibited increases in HR, BP, and contractility, but not body temperature, suggesting a role for sympathetic dominance. During treadmill recovery at 4h post-DE exposure, HR and HRV indicated parasympathetic dominance in saline- and atenolol-pretreated groups that atropine inhibited. Conversely, at treadmill recovery 21h post-DE exposure, HRV and PEP indicated sympathetic dominance and subsequently diminished contractility that only atenolol inhibited. LVP at 1 day postexposure indicated that DE impaired contractility and lusitropy while abolishing parasympathetic-regulated cardiac responses to dobutamine. This is the first evidence that air pollutant inhalation both causes time-dependent oscillations between sympathetic and parasympathetic dominance and decreases cardiac performance via aberrant sympathetic dominance.
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- Alex P Carll
- * Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Södervall J, Karppinen J, Puolitaival J, Kyllönen E, Kiviniemi AM, Tulppo MP, Hautala AJ. Heart rate variability in sciatica patients referred to spine surgery: a case control study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2013; 14:149. [PMID: 23622100 PMCID: PMC3644230 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A chronic pain condition may result in altered autonomic nervous system regulation in various patient populations. We evaluated whether autonomic regulation differs between sciatica patients referred to spine surgery and age-matched healthy controls analyzed with heart rate variability techniques (HRV). METHODS HRV of patients (n = 201) and healthy controls (n = 138) were measured in standing conditions (5 min). High frequency (HF) power as an index of cardiac vagal modulation and the low-to-high-frequency (LF/HF) ratio and short-term fractal scaling exponent α1 as indices of sympathovagal balance were analyzed. Pain intensity was assessed on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and perceived disability with Oswestry Disability Index. RESULTS The Oswestry and VAS scores were higher in the patients than in the controls (p < 0.0001 for both). HF power was markedly lower for the patients compared to the controls (p < 0.0001). The LF/HF ratio and α1 were higher in the patients than in the controls (p < 0.01 for both). After adjusting for sex, smoking, BMI, and leisure-time physical activity, HF power (p = 0.011) and α1 (p = 0.012) still differed between the groups. Among the patients, HF power was slightly associated with the duration of chronic pain (r = -.232, p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS Sciatica patients referred to spine surgery had altered cardiac autonomic regulation expressed as decreased vagal activity and an increased sympathovagal balance toward sympathetic dominance when compared with age-matched healthy controls.
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Ortiz MR, Echeverría JC, Alvarez-Ramírez J, Martínez A, Peña MA, García MT, Vargas-García C, González-Camarena R. Effects of fetal respiratory movements on the short-term fractal properties of heart rate variability. Med Biol Eng Comput 2012; 51:441-8. [PMID: 23242783 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-1012-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We evaluated the effect of fetal respiratory movements (RM) on the heart rate (HR) fractal dynamics.Abdominal ECG recordings were collected from low-middle-risk pregnant woman at rest. Mean gestational age was 34.8 ± 3.7 weeks. Ultrasound images were simultaneously acquired determining if RM were exhibited by fetuses. 13 pairs of HR series were compared. Each pair included 5 min of data from the same fetus either during the manifestation of RM or when there was no persistent indication of them. Detrended fluctuation analysis was applied to these series for obtaining the scaling exponent α1. HR series were also assessed using the conventional parameters RMSSD and HF power.The main findings of this contribution were the lack of significant changes in the scaling exponent α1 of fetal HR fluctuations as a result of RM. By contrast, HF power and RMSSD did show significant changes associated with the manifestation of fetal RM (p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively). Yet the scaling exponent was the only parameter showing a significant relationship with the particular frequency of fetal RM (r s = 0.6, p < 0.03). Given the invariability of α1 regarding the manifestation of fetal RM, we consider that the HR short-term fractal properties are convenient for assessing the cardiovascular prenatal regulation.
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- M R Ortiz
- Basic Science and Engineering Division, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Izt., Mexico City, Mexico
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Patterns of cardiorespiratory coordination in young women with recurrent major depressive disorder treated with escitalopram or venlafaxine. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2012; 39:136-42. [PMID: 22699029 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Evidence from previous studies suggests autonomic dysregulation in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Antidepressant treatment may also affect central autonomic function. We investigated whether the type of antidepressant might be associated with the pattern of cardiorespiratory coordination in non-depressed women with recurrent MDD. Resting electrocardiograms and respiratory signals were simultaneously recorded from 38 euthymic women with recurrent MDD who were treated with either escitalopram (n=19) or venlafaxine (n=19) monotherapy and from 38 healthy women. Linear measures of heart rate variability were extracted to assess cardiac autonomic control. Sample entropy (SampEn) was computed to assess the complexity of heart rate and respiratory signals, and cross-SampEn was calculated to measure the nonlinear interaction of both signals. Significant decreases in the cardiovagal tone and cardiorespiratory coupling of women with recurrent MDD receiving venlafaxine, and tendencies toward lower cardiovagal tone and cardiorespiratory coupling in women with recurrent MDD receiving escitalopram were observed when compared with healthy controls. Effect sizes for these differences were large between women receiving venlafaxine and healthy controls. We found a positive association between cardiorespiratory decoupling and venlafaxine dose. Norepinephrine-enhancement, within a therapeutic dose range, seems to be closely associated with decreased vagal tone and reduced nonlinear coupling between heart rate and respiration in euthymic women with recurrent MDD. However, the effects of serotonin enhancement on cardiovagal tone should be considered. Our results suggest that the pharmacodynamic properties of antidepressants may affect autonomic regulation of women with recurrent MDD even in euthymic state.
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An integrative assessment of the psychophysiologic alterations in young women with recurrent major depressive disorder. Psychosom Med 2012; 74:495-500. [PMID: 22408133 DOI: 10.1097/psy.0b013e31824d0da0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Alterations in neuroelectrical activities coincide with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study examines the pattern of cerebral activity and cardiac autonomic parameters of euthymic women with recurrent MDD. METHODS Resting electroencephalograms and electrocardiograms were recorded from 20 women with MDD receiving escitalopram and 40 matched and healthy women. We computed frontal alpha asymmetry to evaluate the interhemispheric balance. Parameters of heart rate variability were extracted to assess cardiac autonomic control. Sample entropy was used to assess the complexity of neurocardiac dynamics. The relationship between cardiovagal activity and alpha electroencephalogram was examined with a coherence analysis. RESULTS Multivariable analysis of variance revealed a differential pattern of psychophysiologic variables between MDD patients and controls (p = .03). MDD was associated with a tendency toward lower left frontal activity (-0.06 [standard deviation = 0.14] versus 0.04 [0.17] lnμV(2), p = .04). Discriminant analysis demonstrated more right frontal activation, a lower high-frequency heart rate power spectrum, and a higher ratio of the low- to high-frequency heart rate power spectrum in patients with MDD compared with controls. Residual depressive symptoms (r = -0.09 to 0.11, p = .63-.99) and escitalopram dosage (r = -0.09 to 0.28, p = .22-.84) were not correlated with autonomic measures. Coherence between normalized high-frequency component of the heart rate power spectrum and alpha power was not significant (F3, p = .27; F4, p = .16). CONCLUSIONS Euthymic women with recurrent MDD have a distinctive psychophysiologic profile. This profile may reflect altered frontal activation and a reduced cardiovagal tone in depression.
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Boullosa DA, Abreu L, Tuimil JL, Leicht AS. Impact of a soccer match on the cardiac autonomic control of referees. Eur J Appl Physiol 2011; 112:2233-42. [PMID: 21997680 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2202-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a soccer match on the cardiac autonomic control of heart rate (HR) in soccer referees. Sixteen Spanish regional and third division referees (11 males: 26 ± 7 years, 74.4 ± 4.1 kg, 178 ± 3 cm, Yo-Yo IR1 ~600-1,560 m; 5 females: 22 ± 3 years, 59.3 ± 4.8 kg, 158 ± 8 cm, Yo-Yo IR1 ~200-520 m) participated with 24-h HR recordings measured with a Polar RS800 during a rest and a match day. Autonomic control of HR was assessed from HR variability (HRV) analysis. Inclusion of a soccer match (92.5% spent at >75% maximum HR) reduced pre-match (12:00-17:00 hours; small to moderate), post-match (19:00-00:00 hours; moderate to almost perfect), and night-time (00:00-05:00 hours; small to moderate) HRV. Various moderate-to-large correlations were detected between resting HRV and the rest-to-match day difference in HRV. The rest-to-match day differences of low and high-frequency bands ratio (LF/HF) and HR in the post-match period were moderately correlated with time spent at different exercise intensities. Yo-Yo IR1 performance was highly correlated with jump capacity and peak lactate, but not with any HRV parameter. These results suggest that a greater resting HRV may allow referees to tolerate stresses during a match day with referees who spent more time at higher intensities during matches exhibiting a greater LF/HF increment in the post-match period. The relationship between match activities, [Formula: see text] and HR recovery kinetics in referees and team sport athletes of different competitive levels remains to be clarified.
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- Daniel Alexandre Boullosa
- Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Educação Física Graduação em Fisioterapia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, QS 07, LT1 S/N, Sala 111, Bloco G, Águas Claras, DF 71966-700, Brazil.
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Tripathi KK. Very low frequency oscillations in the power spectra of heart rate variability during dry supine immersion and exposure to non-hypoxic hypobaria. Physiol Meas 2011; 32:717-29. [PMID: 21606562 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/32/6/008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The origin of very low frequency (VLF) oscillations in the power spectra of heart rate variability (HRV) is controversial with possible mechanisms involving thermoregulation and/or renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Recently, a major contribution from vagal influences has been suggested. The present study investigated the behaviour of VLF (0.004-0.040 Hz) components of HRV power spectra in a group of healthy male volunteers during their exposure to (1) dry, supine, immersion in thermo-neutral water for 6 h (n = 7) and (2) non-hypoxic hypobaria (breathing 40-60% oxygen at 15,000' simulated in a decompression chamber) for 5 h (n = 15). The two manoeuvres are established to increase vagal outflow. During both the manoeuvres, all the frequency domain indices of HRV exhibited a significant increase. Increase in HRV was much more than that in the R-R interval. At 6 h of immersion, the R-R interval increased by ∼ 15% but the total power increased ∼ fourfold. Similarly, at 5 h of exposure to hypobaria, total power increased ∼ twofold with a very modest increase in an R-R of ∼ 9%. Increase in spectral power was appreciable even after normalization with mean R-R(2). Increase in VLF during immersion was more than reported during enalaprilat blockade of angiotensin convertase enzyme. Plasma renin activity did not vary during hypobaria. There was a significant increase in pNN50, an established marker of cardiac vagal activity. Centre frequencies of the spectra and slope (β) of the relation between log(PSD) and log(frequency) did not change. Results were supportive of the notion that the parasympathetic system is pre-potent to influence slower (than respiratory) frequency components in HRV spectrum. Additionally, such an effect was without a change in the time constant of effector responses or pacemaker frequencies of VLF and LF periodicities and HRV was not a simple linear surrogate for cardiac vagal effects. An invariance of spectral exponent (β) ruled out contamination of VLF and LF spectra from fractal power as an alternate explanation.
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- K K Tripathi
- Air Force Station, Jamnagar-361 003, Gujarat, India.
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Mateo M, Blasco-Lafarga C, Martínez-Navarro I, Guzmán JF, Zabala M. Heart rate variability and pre-competitive anxiety in BMX discipline. Eur J Appl Physiol 2011; 112:113-23. [PMID: 21503698 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1962-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2010] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Altered neural mechanisms implying autonomic functioning have been described related to anxiety. Pre-competitive stress may be considered as an anxiety-state associated with disorders (i.e. somatic and cognitive alterations, and self-confidence worsening) that severely impair sport performance, conditioning short-lasting strength-related disciplines like BMX. From the psychological perspective, coaches use questionnaires like CSAI-2R to identify these alterations. However, with the emergence of psycho-physiological and non-linear approaches, recent studies suggest that HRV analysis provides a non-invasive tool to assess them. Hence, our purpose was to analyze how BMX competition affects subjective perception of anxiety, and if this emotional alteration is reflected in HR dynamics, analyzed both linear and nonlinearly, exploring the evolution of this relationship in a 2-day competition. Eleven male athletes from the BMX Spanish National Team were assessed from baseline HRV the morning of a training session (rT) and on two successive days of competition (rC1 and rC2), repeating HRV recording with CSAI-2R 20 min prior to training (aT) and competition (pre-competitive: aC1 and aC2). Repeated measures MANOVA showed significant vagal slow-down responses in aC1 and aC2 comparing not only with aT, but also comparing with rT, rC1 and rC2, coinciding with significant greater scores for the somatic and cognitive anxiety (SA and CA) in aC1 and aC2 versus aT. Pearson analysis showed a large and positive correlation between α1 and SA in C1, and close to it between SampEn and CA in aC2; both were confirmed by Bland-Altman chart analysis. Our results confirm that HRV analysis provide a complementary tool to assess competitive pressure.
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Kristiansen J, Korshøj M, Skotte JH, Jespersen T, Søgaard K, Mortensen OS, Holtermann A. Comparison of two systems for long-term heart rate variability monitoring in free-living conditions--a pilot study. Biomed Eng Online 2011; 10:27. [PMID: 21481282 PMCID: PMC3080340 DOI: 10.1186/1475-925x-10-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE A number of small portable systems that can measure HRV are available to address questions related to autonomic regulation in free-living subjects. However, ambulatory HRV measurements obtained through use of these systems have not previously been validated against standard clinical measurements such as Holter recordings. The objective of this study was to validate HRV obtained using a commonly used system, Actiheart, during occupational and leisure-time activities. METHOD Full-day ambulatory electrocardiography (ECG) signals were recorded from 8 females simultaneously using Actiheart and Holter recorders, and signals were processed to RR-interval time series. Segments of 5-minute duration were sampled every 30 minutes, and spectral components of the heart rate variability were calculated. Actiheart and Holter values were compared using Deming regression analysis and Bland-Altman plots. RESULTS In total, 489 segments were available with an HRV value from both Actiheart and Holter recordings after filtering out segments with >10% interpolated beats. No systematic differences between Actiheart and Holter HRV were found. The random deviations between Actiheart and Holter were comparable to the repeatability standard deviation between consecutive Holter measurements. DISCUSSION The results show that Actiheart is suited as a stand-alone ambulatory method for heart rate variability monitoring during occupational and leisure-time activities.
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- Jesper Kristiansen
- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
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- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Chang JS, Yoo CS, Yi SH, Hong KH, Lee YS, Oh HS, Jung DC, Kim YS, Ahn YM. Changes in heart rate dynamics of patients with schizophrenia treated with risperidone. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010; 34:924-9. [PMID: 20423720 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 04/11/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Neurocardiac dysregulation has been reported in schizophrenia. Indices of heart rate variability (HRV) are useful in assessing the status of cardiac autonomic regulation. We explored within-subject changes in HRV indices in acutely ill patients with schizophrenia treated with risperidone. Sixteen medication-naïve or medication-free patients with DSM-IV schizophrenia completed electrocardiogram (ECG) assessments at baseline and after six weeks of treatment with risperidone. Indices of HRV were extracted from 5-min resting ECG recordings and compared to those obtained from control subjects matched for age and gender. Psychiatric and drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms were assessed by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms Scale (DIEPSS). In comparison with matched controls, patients with acute schizophrenia showed lower values of time-domain measures, lower high-frequency power (HF) and a higher ratio of low to high frequency (LF/HF). In the within-subject analyses, a significant decrease in LF/HF was associated with risperidone treatment. In addition, LF/HF, which initially co-clustered with clinical variables, congregated with other HRV measures after the six-week risperidone treatment. These results indicate that, in the therapeutic process, risperidone treatment may exert a beneficial influence on the sympathovagal imbalance in acute schizophrenia.
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- Jae Seung Chang
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-Ro, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 463-707, Republic of Korea
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