Adaptation of autonomic heart rate regulation in astronauts after spaceflight

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Vandeput, Steven ^a,b   Widjaja, Devy ^a,b   Aubert, Andre E ^c   Van Huffel, Sabine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMinds Future Health Department   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Heart rate variability; Microgravitational adaptation; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSMONAUT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84876884141     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883724     Document Type: Article

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