Title :
Integrated entrainment instrument for assessment of autonomic function in health and disease
Author :
Kamal, AHMED ; Nassimi, Sami
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Bahrain Univ., Isa Town, Bahrain
Abstract :
Describes an integrated entrainment device which used to apply different external periodic stimuli namely thermal, blood pressure and respiration to the body to assess the autonomic function in healthy subjects and diabetes. The experimental procedure as well as the results are explained. All the results are discussed and the value of the instrument and application are presented
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biothermics; haemodynamics; neurophysiology; autonomic function assessment; blood pressure; diabetes; disease; experimental procedure; external periodic stimuli; healthy subjects; integrated entrainment instrument; medical instrumentation; respiration; thermal stimuli; Autonomic nervous system; Bandwidth; Blood pressure; Diabetes; Diseases; Electrocardiography; Frequency; Heart rate variability; Instruments; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2050-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415234
