Title :
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
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090271
