A computerized respiratory sinus arrhythmia program for the non-invasive assessment of parasympathetic activity.
The availability of sophisticated signal analysis methods based on the use of micro-computers allows an accurate non-invasive assessment of parasympathetic activity, through the measurement of the respiratory sinus arrhythmia. The program described herein is in Quickbasic and consists of 5 programs. At termination of the computer analysis the results are printed which include the average heart rate for inspiration and expiration, the averaged standard deviation of the R-R intervals for inspiration and expiration, and the R-R interval in milliseconds averaged for all inspiratory and expiratory cycles. Significant correlations were obtained when comparing the analyses of the computerized program with a manual method.
De Meersman
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Applied Physiology Laboratory, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Faroudja
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Juris
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Higgins
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Gentile
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D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design