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Heart Rate Variability To Assess The Changes In Autonomic Nervous System Function Associated With Vertebral Subluxation

@inproceedings{Kent2017HeartRV,
  title={Heart Rate Variability To Assess The Changes In Autonomic Nervous System Function Associated With Vertebral Subluxation},
  author={Christopher D. Kent},
  year={2017}
}
  • C. Kent
  • Published 2017
  • Medicine, Psychology, Biology
Analysis of the beat-to-beat intervals of the heart may be used to evaluate the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system. Variability in heart rate reflects the vagal and sympathetic function of the autonomic nervous system, and has been used as a monitoring tool in clinical conditions characterized by altered autonomic nervous system activity. Spectral analysis of beat-tobeat variability is a simple, non-invasive technique to evaluate… 
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