Abstract
Voluntary cardio-respiratory synchronization (VCRS) is a technique where an individual's breathing is voluntarily phase locked with his/her heart beat. A signal is generated (tone or light) from the ECG that is used to pace the breath with a fixed number of heart beats for inspiration and expiration. A small portable device was developed that can create a tone to pace the breathing and record the data for repeated measurements for extended periods of time (days or weeks). The device was tested on an individual over a four-week period. Measurements of heart rate variability were made at various times throughout the day for a total of 68 recordings. The data were analyzed to separate out respiratory and non-respiratory induced changes in the heart rate using a unique time domain analysis. The results showed significant variability over the measurement period.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3400-3402 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Annual Reports of the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University |
| Volume | 4 |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Event | 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: Oct 25 2001 → Oct 28 2001 |
Keywords
- Breathing
- Heart rate variability
- VCRS