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ReviewBrazilian journal of physical therapy

Heart rate variability: are you using it properly? Standardisation checklist of procedures.

Aparecida Maria Catai, Carlos Marcelo Pastre, Moacir Fernades de Godoy, Ester da Silva, Anielle Christine de Medeiros Takahashi, Luiz Carlos Marques Vanderlei

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In one paragraph

Review in Brazilian journal of physical therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07620249 (The Effects of Combined Thoracic Expansion Exercises and Slow Diaphragmatic Breathing on Cognitive Function, Brain Activation, Psychological Status, and Head-Shoulder Posture in Healthy Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 172 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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172citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
21.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07620249 nanot yet recruitingnot on this map

The Effects of Combined Thoracic Expansion Exercises and Slow Diaphragmatic Breathing on Cognitive Function, Brain Activation, Psychological Status, and Head-Shoulder Posture in Healthy Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Taiwan University Clinical Trial CenterRan2026 to 2027Enrolled60ConditionsDiaphragm PacingArmsthoracic expansion exercises and slow diaphragmatic breathing, Sham Block
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 390 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aparecida Maria CataiCardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: mcatai@ufscar.br.
Carlos Marcelo PastreSchool of Technology and Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
Moacir Fernades de GodoyDepartment of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Ester da SilvaCardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Anielle Christine de Medeiros TakahashiCardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Luiz Carlos Marques VanderleiSchool of Technology and Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Carlos · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRFaculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHeart rate variability is used as an assessment method for cardiac autonomic modulation. Since the Task Force's publication on heart rate variability in 1996, the European Heart Rhythm Association Position Paper in 2015 and a recent publication in 2017, attention has been paid to recommendations on using heart rate variability analysis methods, as well as their applications in different physiological conditions and clinical studies. This analysis has proved to be useful as a complementary tool for clinical evaluation and to assess the effect of non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions, such as physical exercise programmes, on cardiac autonomic modulation.

objectiveThe aim of this article is to make recommendations and to develop a checklist of normalisation procedures regarding the use of heart rate variability data collection and analysis methodology, focusing on the cardiology area and cardiac rehabilitation.

methodsBased on previous heart rate variability publications, this paper provides a description of the most common shortcomings of using the analysis methods and considers recommendations and suggestions on how to minimise these occurrences by using a specific checklist.

conclusionsThis article includes recommendations and a checklist regarding the use of heart rate variability collection and analysis methods. This work could help improve reporting on clinical evaluation and therapeutic intervention results and consequently, disseminate heart rate variability knowledge.

Indexed as

Autonomic Nervous SystemCardiologyChecklistExerciseHeart RateHumansAutonomic nervous systemClinical practice checklistHeart rate variabilityParasympathetic nervous systemRehabilitationSympathetic nervous system

Identifiers

PMID30852243
PMCPMC7082649
OpenAlexW2917146357

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