ReviewJournal of physiological anthropology2019
Pitfalls of assessment of autonomic function by heart rate variability.
Review in Journal of physiological anthropology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 175 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Brain Tissue Integrity and Autonomic Function Alterations in Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and After Adenotonsillectomy.
Identification of the Effects of Post Covid Syndrome on the Autonomic Nervous System With Heart Rate Variability
Autonomic Recalibration Approach to Myofascial Pain Elimination
Who cites it
175 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of Brief Mindfulness Meditation Interventions on Heart Rate Variability in Adults: A Systematic Review.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Pooled it
- Inspiratory muscle training and cardiac autonomic function in healthy adults: a systematic review of acute and chronic responses.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of mobilization or manipulation of the thoracic spine on autonomic nervous system markers in symptomatic and asymptomatic participants - a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of exercise training on cardiac autonomic function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Non-invasive parameters of autonomic function using beat-to-beat cardiovascular variations and arterial stiffness in hypertensive individuals: a systematic review.Biomedical engineering online · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of spinal manipulation in influencing the autonomic nervous system - a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of respirators to reduce fine particulate matter exposures on blood pressure and heart rate variability: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Pooled it
- Autonomic Nervous System Function in Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Auricular Vagus Neuromodulation-A Systematic Review on Quality of Evidence and Clinical Effects.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Alterations in Heart Rate Variability Associated With Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of online-delivered controlled physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate variability in breast cancer survivors.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Catheter-based endovascular celiac and hepatic denervation for type 2 diabetes: a multicenter, open-label, single-arm study.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Trial
- Acute Effects of Resonance Breathing on Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Adults.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2025Trial
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training Reduces Early Maternal Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2024Trial
- The Effects of a Single Vagus Nerve's Neurodynamics on Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Stress: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Trial
- Comparison of the effects of dexmedetomidine and propofol on the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system during spinal anesthesia: preliminary randomized controlled observational study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2023Trial
- Transcutaneous auricular branch vagal nerve stimulation as a non-invasive add-on therapeutic approach for pain in systemic sclerosis.RMD open · 2023Trial
- Effect of cognitive processing therapy on markers of cardiovascular risk in posttraumatic stress disorder patients: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2023Trial
- The effect of cranial techniques on the heart rate variability response to psychological stress test in firefighter cadets.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effects of sleep fragmentation and partial sleep restriction on heart rate variability during night.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
115 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Although analysis of heart rate variability is widely used for the assessment of autonomic function, its fundamental framework linking low-frequency and high-frequency components of heart rate variability with sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic divisions has developed in the 1980s. This simplified framework is no longer able to deal with much evidence about heart rate variability accumulated over the past half-century. This review addresses the pitfalls caused by the old framework and discusses the points that need attention in autonomic assessment by heart rate variability.
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