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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

Reproducibility of Heart Rate Variability Is Parameter and Sleep Stage Dependent.

David Herzig, Prisca Eser, Ximena Omlin, Robert Riener, Matthias Wilhelm, Peter Achermann

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Guidelines for rigor and reproducibility of heart rate variability within human cardiovascular research.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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  4. Autonomic characteristics of periodic limb movements: comparison of whole-night and stage N2 linear and non-linear heart rate variability.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026
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  8. Patterns of heart rate reduction during sleep onset in participants with and without insomnia.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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  9. Mapping HRV in sports science: from monitoring to machine learning.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025
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  18. Conflict at Work Impairs Physiological Recovery during Sleep: A Daily Diary Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  19. Reliability of heart rate variability during stable and disrupted polysomnographic sleep.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

David HerzigPreventive Cardiology and Sports Medicine, University Clinic for Cardiology, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Prisca EserPreventive Cardiology and Sports Medicine, University Clinic for Cardiology, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Ximena OmlinSensory-Motor Systems Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Robert RienerSensory-Motor Systems Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Matthias WilhelmPreventive Cardiology and Sports Medicine, University Clinic for Cardiology, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Peter AchermannInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zurich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
ETH Zurich · CHUniversity of Bern · CHSwiss Integrative Center for Human Health · CHUniversity Hospital of Bern · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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autonomic nervous systemheart rateheart rate variabilityreproducibilitysleep stagesslow wave sleep

Identifiers

PMID29367845
PMCPMC5767731
OpenAlexW2783583073

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