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Heart Rate VariabilityJason Moore
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Start with the big picture.With the big picture in mind, drill into the details.
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The Bigger Picture of Human Health
• Your body and mind (and symbiotic organisms) versus the
world
• The world is stressful
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Mental
Physical
Social Emotional
Environmental Societal
STRESS
Digestive
Structural
*Not an exhaustive list
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The Bigger Picture of Human Health
• Adaptive biological organisms
• Health issues occur when:
• Acute stress exceeds chronic adaptation
• or
• A strong/chronic mismatch between our genes and our
environment
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Why Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?
HRV can non-invasively measure the body’s response to
stress, and with enough data, its capacity to tolerate stress.
• Systemic, big picture metric
• Was expensive, now cheap and accessible
• Short, frequent measurements open new doors
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HRV 101
• Temporal variation in heart beats
• Requires high degree of accuracy
• Many algorithms/calculations
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HRV 101 – Autonomic Nervous System
● Controls stimulation of
“rest-and-digest” activities
essential for recovery
● Needed for long term
survival
● Controls stimulation of
“fight-or-flight” stress
response
● Needed for short term
survival
● Associated with stress
SympatheticNervous System (SNS)
ParasympatheticNervous System (PSNS)
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HRV In The Research
• Decades of research
• 20,000+ studies in PubMed
• Increasing rapidly
• Still a lot to learn
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In 778 athletes, HRV indices of ANS activity
show strong correlation with selection for
Olympic games for the Italian team
Can the use of a single integrated unitary autonomic index provide early clues for
eventual eligibility for olympic games?
Daniela Lucini, Roberto Sala, Antonio Spataro, Mara Malacarne, Manuela Benzi,
Stefano Tamorri, Massimo Pagani
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00421-018-3822-2
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HRV indexes worry in
individuals spanning the non-
clinical to clinical spectrum.
Worry is associated with robust reductions in heart rate variability: a transdiagnostic study of anxiety
psychopathology
John A. Chalmers, James A. J. Heathers, Maree J. Abbott, Andrew H. Kemp and Daniel S. Quintana
https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-016-0138-z
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HRV provides insights into emotional and behavioral regulation
impairments observed in ADHD and may aid in delineating ADHD
pathophysiology
Heart rate variability is associated with psychosocial stress in distinct social domains
Kristi R.Griffiths, Daniel S.Quintana, Daniel F.Hermens, Chris Spoonerd, Tracey
W.Tsang, Simon Clark, Michael R.Kohnaef
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301051117300042
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HRV decreases with age
Twenty-four hour time domain heart rate variability and heart rate: relations to age and gender over nine decadesUmetani K, Singer DH, McCraty R, Atkinson M.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9502641
Palo Alto Longevity Prize
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Individuals with high HRV experience less
psychosocial stress than individuals with low
HRV
Heart rate variability is associated with psychosocial stress in distinct social
domains
Lischke A1, Jacksteit R2, Mau-Moeller A2, Pahnke R3, Hamm AO4, Weippert
M3
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29455900
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Females typically have higher HRV
Short-Term Heart Rate Variability—Influence of Gender and Age in Healthy SubjectsVoss A, Schroeder R, Heitmann A, Peters A, Perz S.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118308
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Reduced heart rate variability (HRV), a marker of
poor cardiac autonomic function, has been associated
with air pollution, especially fine particulate matter.
Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability: The VA Normative Aging Study.
Park, Sung Kyun, Marie S. O’Neill, Pantel S. Vokonas, David Sparrow, and Joel
Schwartz
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253756/
and http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/101/11/1267.full
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Inflammation as measured by C-reactive protein strongly
associated with decreased HRV
Decreased heart rate variability is associated with higher levels of inflammation in middle-aged menLampert, R., Bremner, J. D., Su, S., Miller, A., Lee, F., Cheema, Fhttp://www.ahjonline.com/article/S0002-8703(08)00620-0/fulltext
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Trends in both absolute HRV values and day-to-day
variations may be useful measurements indicative of the
progression towards mal-adaptation or non-functional
over-reaching.
Heart Rate Variability in Elite Triathletes, Is Variation in Variability the Key to
Effective Training? A Case Comparison.
Plews, Daniel J., Paul B. Laursen, Andrew E. Kilding, and Martin Buchheit
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00421-012-2354-4
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Athletes exhibit higher HRV than ”active” people
Effects of age and physical activity on the autonomic control of heart rate in healthy menMelo, R., Santos, M., Silva, E., Quitério, R., Moreno, M., Reis, Mhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000900007
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Even the pre-diabetic stage, where individuals have impaired glucose
tolerance, is associated with lower HRV and decreased Parasympathetic
activity. It is believed that Parasympathetic modulation may decline with
an autonomic imbalance during the progression “from normal glucose
tolerance to impaired glucose tolerance and finally diabetes”.
Epidemiological Evidence of Altered Cardiac Autonomic Function in Subjects with
Impaired Glucose Tolerance But Not Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose. 2007.
Wu, Jin-Shang, Yi-Ching Yang, Thy-Sheng Lin, Ying-Hsiang Huang, Jia-Jin Chen,
Feng-Hwa Lu, Chih-Hsing Wu, and Chih-Jen Chang
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HRV indices are considerably lower for cancer patients than the
general population.
Heart Rate Variability and Length of Survival in Hospice Cancer Patients.Kim, D. H., Kim, J. A., Choi, Y. S., Kim, S. H., Lee, J. Y., & Kim, Y. E. https://www.jkms.org/search.php?where=aview&id=10.3346/jkms.2010.25.8.1140&code=0063JKMS&vmode=FULL
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Patients with HRV (SDNN) values above 100 showed a
significantly higher survival rate. Survival rates declined as
the Heart Rate Variability SDNN value decreased.
Decreased Heart Rate Variability and Its Association with Increased Mortality after
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kleiger, Robert E., J. Philip Miller, J. Thomas Bigger, and Arthur J. Moss, and the
Multicenter Post-Infarction Research Group
http://www.ajconline.org/article/0002-9149(87)90795-8/pdf
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In osteopathic manual therapy, (as measured by HRV) a greater
parasympathetic response was found when stimulation was
performed in the cervical and lumbar regions, whereas a greater
sympathetic response was found when stimulation was
performed in the thoracic region.
Effects of spinal manipulation and myofascial techniques on heart rate variability: A
systematic review
Amoroso Borges BL1, Bortolazzo GL1, Neto HP2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29332747
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Ongoing Research on Elite HRV
Texas Woman's University
Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu
University of Rochester Medical Center
Swansea University
University of Cincinnati
The University of Texas
High Performance Sport New Zealand
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Sydney
University of Pennsylvania
University of Kent
US Coast Guard - and - Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University (ERAU)
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Ongoing Research on Elite HRV
HRV related to:
• HIIT training, sprints, and
strength training
• Emotional expression and mood
• Sexual function
• Economic decision making &
day trading
• Singing and cardiovascular
health
• Breathing and biofeedback
• Conciousness and EEG
• Aircraft pilot enhancement
• Alcoholism
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