ArticleSpinal cord2023
Test-retest reliability of short- and long-term heart rate variability in individuals with spinal cord injury.
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- Heart rate variability biofeedback in adults with chronic spinal cord injury: a randomised feasibility study.BMC neurology · 2025Trial
- Guidelines for rigor and reproducibility of heart rate variability within human cardiovascular research.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026Review
- Test-Retest Reliability of Heart Rate and Parasympathetic Modulation Indices Across Exercise and Recovery Phases in Athletes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Heart Rate Variability Applications in Medical Specialties: A Narrative Review.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2025Review
- Cardiovascular autonomic function in middle-aged people with long-term cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord injuries.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Observational
- Prediction of intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load with oculometric and biometric indicators.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Implications of heart rate variability measured using wearable electrocardiogram devices in diagnosing Parkinson's disease and its association with neuroimaging biomarkers: a case-control study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Diurnal variation of heart rate variability in individuals with spinal cord injury.Biomedical engineering online · 2024Article
- Reliability of five-minutePeerJ · 2023Article
- Autonomic modulation of neuroplasticity in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: insights from a narrative review.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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designCross-sectional.
objectivesTo investigate test-retest reliability of heart rate variability (HRV) metrics in SCI without restriction of activity over long (24-h) and shorter durations (5-min, 10-min, 1-h, 3-h and 6-h). SETTINGS: University hospital in Khon Kaen, Thailand.
methodsForty-five participants (11 with tetraplegia and 34 with paraplegia) underwent two 24-h recordings of RR-intervals to derive time and frequency HRV metrics. Relative reliability was assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and absolute reliability by coefficient of variation (CV) and Bland-Altman limits of agreement (LoA).
resultsFor 5- and 10-min durations, eight of eleven HRV metrics had moderate to excellent reliability (ICC 0.40-0.76); the remaining three were poor (ICC < 0.4). HRV values from 1-h and 3-h durations showed moderate to excellent reliability (ICC of 0.46-0.81), except for 1-h reliability of ULF and TP (ICC of 0.06 and 0.30, respectively). Relative reliability was excellent (ICC of 0.77-0.92) for 6-h and 24-h durations in all HRV metrics. Absolute reliability improved as recording duration increased (lower CVs and narrower LoAs). Participants with high AD risk (SCI level at or above T6) showed lower test-retest reliability of HF and LF values than participants with low AD risk.
conclusionRelative reliability of HRV was excellent for 6-h and 24-h. The best absolute reliability values were for 24-h duration. Time-domain outcomes were more reliable than frequency domain outcomes. Participants with high risk of AD, particularly those with tetraplegia, showed lower reliability, especially for HF and LF.
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