The utility of low frequency heart rate variability as an index of sympathetic cardiac tone: A review with emphasis on a reanalysis of previous studies

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-487

  Reyes del Paso, Gustavo A ^a   Langewitz, Wolf ^b   Mulder, Lambertus J M ^c   van Roon, Arie ^c   Duschek, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomic balance; Baroreflex; Heart rate variability; High frequency; Low frequency; Sympathetic cardiac control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875645185     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12027     Document Type: Review

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