A method to quantify autonomic nervous system function in healthy, able-bodied individuals
| Autor: | Mayer Bellehsen, Bruce T. Volpe, Theodoros P. Zanos, Shubham Debnath, Stavros Zanos, Todd J. Levy, Rebecca M. Schwartz, Douglas P. Barnaby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Mean arterial pressure
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Cold pressor test Dysautonomia Autonomic nervous system Internal medicine Heart rate Medical technology Breathing medicine Valsalva maneuver Cardiology General Earth and Planetary Sciences Heart rate variability R855-855.5 medicine.symptom business Mammalian diving reflex General Environmental Science Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Bioelectronic Medicine Bioelectronic Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2021) |
| Popis: | Background The autonomic nervous system (ANS) maintains physiological homeostasis in various organ systems via parasympathetic and sympathetic branches. ANS function is altered in common diffuse and focal conditions and heralds the beginning of environmental and disease stresses. Reliable, sensitive, and quantitative biomarkers, first defined in healthy participants, could discriminate among clinically useful changes in ANS function. This framework combines controlled autonomic testing with feature extraction during physiological responses. Methods Twenty-one individuals were assessed in two morning and two afternoon sessions over two weeks. Each session included five standard clinical tests probing autonomic function: squat test, cold pressor test, diving reflex test, deep breathing, and Valsalva maneuver. Noninvasive sensors captured continuous electrocardiography, blood pressure, breathing, electrodermal activity, and pupil diameter. Heart rate, heart rate variability, mean arterial pressure, electrodermal activity, and pupil diameter responses to the perturbations were extracted, and averages across participants were computed. A template matching algorithm calculated scaling and stretching features that optimally fit the average to an individual response. These features were grouped based on test and modality to derive sympathetic and parasympathetic indices for this healthy population. Results A significant positive correlation (p = 0.000377) was found between sympathetic amplitude response and body mass index. Additionally, longer duration and larger amplitude sympathetic and longer duration parasympathetic responses occurred in afternoon testing sessions; larger amplitude parasympathetic responses occurred in morning sessions. Conclusions These results demonstrate the robustness and sensitivity of an algorithmic approach to extract multimodal responses from standard tests. This novel method of quantifying ANS function can be used for early diagnosis, measurement of disease progression, or treatment evaluation. Trial registration This study registered with Clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT04100486. Registered September 24, 2019, https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04100486. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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