Analysis of heart rate variability during standardized exercise testing

Author

Sabuncuoglu, D. ; Serinagaoglu, Y. ; Ider, Y.Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., METU, Ankara, Turkey

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

1650

Abstract

The power spectrum density (PSD) variation of heart rate obtained during the standard Bruce protocol exercise testing is analyzed. Auto-regression and Fourier Transform methods are used to estimate PSD. Since RR variation displayed rapid stepwise decreases immediately following the increases of exercise loads, it was necessary to analyze each exercise step separately. For each step two major peaks in the power spectrum were found similar to what is observed in rest HRV studies. The need for new algorithms is emphasized

Keywords

Fourier transforms; biomechanics; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; spectral analysis; Fourier transform methods; algorithms; autoregression; heart rate variability analysis; power spectrum density variation; rapid stepwise decreases; standard Bruce protocol exercise testing; standardized exercise testing; Electrocardiography; Electronic equipment testing; Fourier transforms; Frequency estimation; Hafnium; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Power engineering and energy; Protocols; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.647595

Filename

647595