Changes of respiratory sinus arrythmia during the menstrual cycle depend on average heart rate

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Seebauer, Magdalena ^a   Frühwirth, Matthias ^a,b   Moser, Maximilian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiac vagal control; Female; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RR INTERVAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TIME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0036934148     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0634-0     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Appel ML, Berger RD, Saul JP, Smith JM, Cohen RJ (1989) Beat to beat variability in cardiovascular variables: noise or music? J Am Coll Cardiol 14:1139-1148
2. Berntson GG, Bigger JT, Eckberg DL, Grossman P, Kaufmann PG, Malik M, Nagaraja HN, Porges SW, Saul JP, Stone PH, Van der Molen MW (1997) Heart rate variability: origins, methods, and interpretive caveats. Psychophysiology 34:623-648
3. Bettermann H, Engelke P, van Leeuwen P, Heckmann C (1996) Die Bestimmung der Atemfrequenz aus der respiratorischen Sinusarrhythmie (RSA). Biomed Tech (Berl) 41:319-323
4. Bigger JT, Fleiss JL, Steinman RC, Rolnitzky LM, Kleiger RE, Rottman JN (1992) Frequency domain measures of heart period variability and mortality after myocardial infarction. Circulation 85:164-171
5. Brockbank CL, Chatterjee F, Bruce SA, Woledge RC (2000) Heart rate and its variability change after menopause. Exp Physiol 85:327-330
6. Brown T, Beightol L, Koh J, Eckberg D (1993) Important influence of respiration on human R-R interval power spectra is largely ignored. J Appl Physiol 75:2310-2317
7. Das TK (1998) Effects of the menstrual cycle on timing and depth of breathing at rest. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 42:498-502
8. Döring GK, Feustel E (1953) Über Veränderungen der Pulsfrequenz im Rhythmus des Menstruationszyklus. Klin Wochenschr 41/42:1000-1002
9. Driver HS, Dijk DJ, Werth E, Biedermann K, Borbély AA (1996) Sleep and the sleep electroencephalogram across the menstrual cycle in young healthy women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 81:728-735
10. Eckberg DL (1983) Human sinus arrhythmia as an index of vagal cardiac outflow. J Appl Physiol 54:961-966
11. Eckoldt K (1990) Probleme und Ergebnisse der Analyse des Sinusrhythmus. Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol Beih 43:53-63
12. Goldberger JJ (1999) Sympathovagal balance: how should we measure it? Am J Physiol 276:H1273-H1280
13. Guasti L, Grimoldi P, Mainardi LT, Petrozzino MR, Piantanida E, Garganico D, Diolisi A, Zanotta D, Bertolini A, Ageno W, Grandi AM, Cerutti S, Venco A (1999) Autonomic function and baroreflex sensitivity during a normal ovulatory cycle in humans. Acta Cardiol 54:209-213
14. Hildebrandt G, Witzenrath A (1969) Leistungsbereitschaft und vegetative Umstellung im Menstruationszyklus. Int Z Angew Physiol 27:266-282
15. Hirsch JA, Bishop B (1981) Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in humans: how breathing pattern modulates heart rate. Am J Physiol 241:H620-H629
16. Kaplan BJ, Whitsett SF, Robinson JW (1990) Menstrual cycle phase is a potential confound in psychophysiology research. Psychophysiology 27:445-450
17. Kirsch JR, Geer JH (1988) Skin conductance and heart rate in women with premenstrual syndrome. Psychosom Med 50:175-182
18. Kuo CD, Chen GY, Yang MJ, Lo HM, Tsai YS (2000) Biphasic changes in autonomic nervous activity during pregnancy. Br J Anaesth 84:323-329
19. Lehofer M, Moser M, Hoehn-Saric R, McLeod D, Liebmann P, Drnovsek B, Egner S, Hildebrandt G, Zapotoczky HG (1997) Major depression and cardiac autonomic control. Biol Psychiatry 42:914-919
20. Lehofer M, Moser M, Hoehn-Saric R, McLeod D, Hildebrandt G, Egner S, Steinbrenner B, Liebmann P, Zapotoczky HG (1999) Influence of age on the parasympatholytic property of tricyclic antidepressants. Psychiatr Res 85:199-207
21. Little BC, Zahn TP (1974) Changes in mood and autonomic functioning during the menstrual cycle. Psychophysiology 11:579-590
22. Lucini D, Strappazzon P, Vecchia LD, Maggioni C, Pagani M (1999) Cardiac autonomic adjustments to normal human pregnancy: insight from spectral analysis of R-R interval and systolic arterial pressure variability. J Hypertens 17:1899-1904
23. Manhem K, Jern S (1994) Influence of daily-life activation on pulse rate and blood pressure changes during the menstrual cycle. J Hypertens 8:851-856
24. Moser M, Lehofer M, Sedminek A, Lux M, Zapotoczky HG, Kenner T, Noordergraaf A (1994) Heart rate variability as a prognostic tool in cardiology. Circulation 90:1078-1082
25. Moser M, Lehofer M, Hildebrandt G, Voica M, Egner S, Kenner T (1995) Phase- and frequency coordination of cardiac and respiratory function. Biol Rhythm Res 26:100-111
26. Moser M, Lehofer M, Hoehn-Saric R, McLeod DR, Hildebrandt G, Steinbrenner B, Voica M, Liebmann P, Zapotoczky HG (1998) Increased heart rate in depressed subjects in spite of unchanged autonomic balance? J Affect Disord 48:115-124
27. Pagani M, Lombardi F, Guzzetti S, Rimoldi O, Furlan R, Pizzinelli P, Sandrone G, Malfatto G, Dell'Orto S, Piccaluga E, Turiel M, Baselli G, Cerutti S, Malliani A (1986) Power spectral analysis of heart rate and arterial pressure variabilities as a marker of sympatho-vagal interaction in man and conscious dog. Circ Res 59:178-193
28. Porges SW (1986). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: physiological basis, quantitative methods and clinical implications. In: Grossman P, Janssen K, Vaitl D (eds) Cardiorespiratory and cardiosomatic psychophysiology. Plenum, New York, pp 101-115
29. Saeki Y, Atogami F, Takahashi K, Yoshizawa T (1997) Reflex control of autonomic function induced by posture change during the menstrual cycle. J Auton Nerv Syst 66:69-74
30. Sato N, Miyake S, Akatsu J, Kumashiro M (1995) Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability in healthy young women during the normal menstrual cycle. Psychosom Med 57:331-335
31. Stein PK, Hagley MT, Cole PL, Domitrovich PP, Kleiger RE, Rottman JN (1999) Changes in 24-hour heart rate variability during normal pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 180:978-985
32. Strauss-Blasche G, Moser M, Voica M, McLeod DR, Klammer N, Marktl W (2000) Relative timing of inspiration and expiration affects respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 27:601-606
33. Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (1996) Heart rate variability. Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use. Circulation 93:1043-1065