Methods for assessment of effects of habitual exercise on the autonomic nervous function using plethysmogram

Author

Yoshizawa, Makoto ; Sugita, Norihiro ; Yambe, Tomoyuki ; Konno, Satoshi ; Sugai, Telma Keiko ; Abe, Makoto ; Homma, Noriyasu

Author_Institution

Research Division on Advanced Information Technology, Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

1157

Lastpage

1160

Abstract

The present paper has proposed two methods for obtaining the linear correlation of the baroreflex system without measurement of blood pressure. One is based on the pulse wave transit time which needs both the electrocardiogram and the photoplethysmogram. The other is based on the photoplethysmogram only. The results from the experiments showed that the effect of habitual exercise and the Valsalva maneuver can be verified quantitatively. The proposed methods are possible to be used for a test of the autonomic nervous function at home.

Keywords

Baroreflex; Biomedical measurements; Blood pressure; Electrocardiography; Heart rate; Indexes; Pressure measurement; Adult; Autonomic Nervous System; Baroreflex; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Male; Photoplethysmography; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090271

Filename

6090271