Heart rate variability: An objective measure of autonomic activity and bladder sensations during urodynamics

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Mehnert, Ulrich ^a   Knapp, Peter A ^a   Mueller, Nicole ^a   Reitz, André ^a   Schurch, Brigitte ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Bladder filling sensations; Heart rate variability; Objective marker; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MICTURITION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY CATHETER; URODYNAMICS; VAGUS TONE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SENSATION; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URODYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649946789     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20641     Document Type: Article

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