Statistics and graphs for heart rate variability: pNN50 or pNN20?

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hutchinson, T P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac parasympathetic modulation; Heart rate variability; pNN50; Statistical testing

Indexed keywords

HEART; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

CARDIAC PARASYMPATHETIC MODULATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PNN50; STATISTICAL TESTING;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041817581     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/24/3/401     Document Type: Article

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