Assessing the fractal structure of heart rate by the temporal spectrum of scale exponents: A new approach for detrended fluctuation analysis of heart rate variability

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Castiglioni, Paolo ^a   Parati, Gianfranco ^b,c   Lombardi, Carolina ^c   Quintin, Luc ^d   Di Rienzo, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

ageing; complexity; exercise; fractal dynamics; heart rate variability; scale exponent

Indexed keywords

AGEING; COMPLEXITY; EXERCISE; FRACTAL DYNAMICS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; SCALE EXPONENT;

FRACTALS; HEART;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VAGUS NERVE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ATROPINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; POSTURE; PROPRANOLOL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052613689     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2011.010     Document Type: Article

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