[Time-variant AR spectral method for non-stationary heart rate variability signal under gravitational stress]

Space Med Med Eng (Beijing). 1997 Aug;10(4):263-7.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In order to study the nonstationary heart rate variability (HRV) signals under gravitational stress, a time-variant autoregressive spectral estimation method has been implemented, which made it possible to study dynamically the process of cardiac autonomic regulation during various gravitational stresses. The HRV signals obtained from 8 subjects during seated-LBNP testing before and after a six-month aerobic training were analyzed by the implemented algorithm. The obtained time-variant spectra might clearly reveal the time course of changes of decrease in HFn and increase in LF/HF, reflecting the time course of cardiac vagal withdrawal and indices with time during seated-LBNP were increased in most of the subjects. In brief, our work shows that the method of time-variant AR spectrum analysis for non-stationary HRV signals makes it possible to elucidate the dynamics of cardiac autonomic regulatory activity under gravitational stress and to detect the subtle changes in HRV after aerobic training.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Exercise / physiology
  • Gravitation*
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Lower Body Negative Pressure*
  • Models, Cardiovascular
  • Physical Fitness / physiology*