Exploring 5-minute heart rate variability in spinal cord injury during acute inpatient rehabilitation.
Argyrios StampasColton MalesovasMichael BurkeSahira FarooqMani SinghRadha KorupoluSheng LiPublished in: The journal of spinal cord medicine (2022)
This preliminary evidence suggests HRV in acute SCI is stable across time and day during inpatient rehabilitation and may be correlated to clinical sequalae of ANS dysfunction and neurologic recovery. Comparisons to published work suggest that HRV may measure the progression in the ANS from acute to chronic phase after SCI.