Vagally mediated heart rate variability in headache patients - A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cephalalgia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 265-278

  Koenig, Julian ^a   Williams, Dewayne P ^a   Kemp, Andrew H ^b,c   Thayer, Julian F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heart rate variability; meta analysis; migraine; parasympathetic activity; Primary headache disorders; tension type headache

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECT SIZE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE; HEART RATE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84959316815     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102415583989     Document Type: Review

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