Statistical strategies to quantify respiratory sinus arrhythmia: Are commonly used metrics equivalent?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-364

  Lewis, Gregory F ^a   Furman, Senta A ^a   McCool, Martha F ^a   Porges, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Respiration; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OSCILLATION; PEAK TO TROUGH ALGORITHM; PORGES BOHRER METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIDAL VOLUME; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84856353040     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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