title: The effect of ventilation on spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability during exercise.
abstract: Heart rate variability (HRV) and systolic blood pressure variability (BPV) during incremental exercise at 50, 75, and 100% of previously determined ventilatory threshold (VT) were compared to that of resting controlled breathing (CB) in 12 healthy subjects. CB was matched with exercise-associated respiratory rate, tidal volume, and end-tidal CO(2) for all stages of exercise. Power in the low frequency (LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz) and high frequency (HF, >0.15-0.4 Hz) for HRV and BPV were calculated, using time-frequency domain analysis, from beat-to-beat ECG and non-invasive radial artery blood pressure, respectively. During CB absolute and normalized power in the LF and HF of HRV and BPV were not significantly changed from baseline to maximal breathing. Conversely, during exercise HRV, LF and HF power significantly decreased from baseline to 100% VT while BPV, LF and HF power significantly increased for the same period. These findings suggest that the increases in ventilation associated with incremental exercise do not significantly affect spectral analysis of cardiovascular autonomic modulation in healthy subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, Box 38, New York, NY 10032, USA. mnb4@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Matthew N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jelic
authors.forename: Pakkay
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ngai
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gates
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Newandee
authors.forename: Stanley S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Reisman
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Basner
authors.forename: Ronald E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: De Meersman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000592:standards; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000592:standards; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012146:Rest