Assessment of autonomic nervous activity in hand-arm vibration syndrome patients using time- and frequency-domain analyses of heart rate variation

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 462-468

  Laskar, M S ^a   Harada, N ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous activity; Frequency domain analysis; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Heart rate variation; Time domain analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

AGED; ARM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032848332     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050399     Document Type: Article

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