Multifractal characterisation of electrocardiographic RR and QT time-series before and after progressive exercise

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Lewis, M J ^a   Short, A L ^a   Suckling, J ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECG; Exercise; Heart rate; Multifractal; QT

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION PROPERTIES; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EXERCISE; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HEART RATES; HEART-RATE DYNAMICS; LINEAR MEASUREMENTS; LOCAL SCALING; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; QT; RANDOMISATION; SAMPLE DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL CHANGES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART;

FRACTALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIFRACTAL PARAMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; QT INTERVAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865791989     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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