Validity and reliability of measuring resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity using short sampling durations in healthy humans.
Resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) demonstrates high intraindividual reproducibility when sampled over 5-30 min epochs, although shorter sampling durations are commonly used before and during a stress to quantify sympathetic responsiveness. The purpose of the present study was to examine the intratest validity and reliability of MSNA sampled over 2 and 1 min and 30 and 15 s epoch durations. We retrospectively analyzed 68 resting fibular nerve microneurographic recordings obtained from 53 young, healthy participants (37 men; 23 ± 6 yr of age). From a stable 7-min resting baseline, MSNA (burst frequency and incidence, normalized mean burst amplitude, total burst area) was compared among each epoch duration and a standard 5-min control. Bland-Altman plots were used to determine agreement and bias. Three sequential MSNA measurements were collected using each sampling duration to calculate absolute and relative reliability (coefficients of variation and intraclass correlation coefficients). MSNA values were similar among each sampling duration and the 5-min control (all P > 0.05), highly correlated (r = 0.69-0.93; all P < 0.001), and demonstrated no evidence of fixed bias (all P > 0.05). A consistent proportional bias (P < 0.05) was present for MSNA burst frequency (all sampling durations) and incidence (1 min and 30 and 15 s), such that participants with low and high average MSNA underestimated and overestimated the true value, respectively. Reliability decreased progressively using the 30- and 15-s sampling durations. In conclusion, short 2 and 1 min and 30 s sampling durations can provide valid and reliable measures of MSNA, although increased sample size may be required for epochs ≤30 s, due to poorer reliability.
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and.
Karambir
K
Notay
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and.
Jeremy D
JD
Seed
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and.
Anthony V
AV
Incognito
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and.
Connor J
CJ
Doherty
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and.
Massimo
M
Nardone
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and.
Matthew J
MJ
Burns
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and pmillar@uoguelph.ca.|Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Philip J
PJ
Millar
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
muscle sympathetic nerve activity; reliability; reproducibility
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