Tag: heart rate variability
Effect of Yoga Therapy on Disease Activity, Inflammatory Markers, and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
This article looks at two aspects of treatment and health that I’m deeply interested in. One is the autonomic nervous system and HRV specifically. The other is the immune system and inflammatory markers. Acupuncture, also, affects inflammatory markers and HRV, as attentive readers of this blog know! Yoga for inflammation and HRV 6.15.2020 The Journal…
Read MoreComplexity and Aging
As readers know, I’m focused on Heart Rate Variability in the clinic. It is a perfect example of the complexity this author is talking about. Within bounds, more variability in heart rate is healthier and and leads to more resilience. I wonder about this quite a bit, whether people’s habits get more routine with age. …
Read MoreBiomarkers for TAVNS
This article looks at various biomarkers for TAVNS and whether it actually stimulates the vagus nerve. Psychophysiology. 2020 Mar 23:e13571. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13571. [Epub ahead of print] Moving beyond belief: A narrative review of potential biomarkers for transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation. Burger AM1,2, D’Agostini M1, Verkuil B3, Van Diest I1. Author information 1 Health Psychology Research…
Read MoreHeart rate variability: Can it serve as a marker of mental health resilience?
This article looks at HRV and how it relates to subjects’ reactions to “stressful laboratory tasks” (sounds dicey!). Subjects with higher vagal activity ( ie higher HRV) before and during the challenges,had improved resilience to tasks and lower markers of stress. This could be a companion piece to this other study which advocates for HRV…
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability as Stress Biomarker: Can Machine learning improve Signal to Noise?
I’m posting slides from my upcoming presentation for UC Davis Machine Learning meeting as a way to get myself organized. The hope with this presentation is that with more sophisticated data analysis, the HRV results will be more reliable and robust.
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