Analysis of Heart Rate Variability During Sleep as a Tool for Assessment of Cardiovascular Adaptability and Fatigue in Sleep-Wake Cycle

Abstract

An assessment of general adaptation reserve of cardiovascular function by means of heart rate (HR) and HR variability analysis during sleep and functional tests is demonstrated. A possibility to evaluate a restoration of cardiovascular reserve after sleep by means of HR changes during active orthostatic test is shown. The level of autonomic HR control and balance of sympathetic-parasympathetic inputs might be measured by means of analysis of HR power spectrum main oscillatory components. The differences in cardiovascular reserve of healthy subjects and cardiac patients, as well as possibility of HR restoration during sleep was demonstrated. In conclusion. Adaptability of cardiovascular function and fatigue-restoration cycle might be assessed by means of very simple methodology-an analysis of HR Poincare maps. Its practical application in the cases of fatigue, developed during disturbed wake-sleep cycle or overtraining situation in high physical or emotional overcrowding is shown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010473

Entities

People

  • G. Varoneckas

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Blood Flow
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Congress
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • European Communities
  • Frequency
  • Heart Diseases
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Rate
  • Hong Kong
  • Nervous System
  • Power Spectra
  • Psychophysiology
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology