Heart rate variability as an outcome measure for Thought Field Therapy in clinical practice

2001 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1193-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Pignotti ◽  
Mark Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Thought Field Therapy ◽  
Field Therapy

scholarly journals Linear and Nonlinear Heart Rate Variability Indexes in Clinical Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Buccelletti Francesco ◽  
Bocci Maria Grazia ◽  
Gilardi Emanuele ◽  
Fiore Valentina ◽  
Calcinaro Sara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Linear And Nonlinear ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Pathologic State ◽  
Real Patients ◽  
Biological Organisms

Biological organisms have intrinsic control systems that act in response to internal and external stimuli maintaining homeostasis. Human heart rate is not regular and varies in time and such variability, also known as heart rate variability (HRV), is not random. HRV depends upon organism's physiologic and/or pathologic state. Physicians are always interested in predicting patient's risk of developing major and life-threatening complications. Understanding biological signals behavior helps to characterize patient's state and might represent a step toward a better care. The main advantage of signals such as HRV indexes is that it can be calculated in real time in noninvasive manner, while all current biomarkers used in clinical practice are discrete and imply blood sample analysis. In this paper HRV linear and nonlinear indexes are reviewed and data from real patients are provided to show how these indexes might be used in clinical practice.

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