Effects of the auricular electrical stimulation on heart rate variability assessed in phase space: pilot study

Gbaoui, Laila; Kaniušas, Eugenijus; Szeles, Constantin; Materna, Tilo; Varoneckas, Giedrius

doi:10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716412

Use this url to cite publication: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14172/17852

Effects of the auricular electrical stimulation on heart rate variability assessed in phase space: pilot study

Type of publication

Straipsnis konferencijos medžiagoje Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in conference proceedings in Scopus database (P1a2)

Type of document

type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Gbaoui, Laila

Title

Effects of the auricular electrical stimulation on heart rate variability assessed in phase space: pilot study

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Date Issued

Date
2008

Extent

p. 176-179

Is part of

IEEE sensors 2008 : the seventh IEEE conference on sensors : October 26-29, 2008, Lecce, Italy. Piscataway : IEEE, 2008. ISBN 9781424425808.

Research Area

Field of Science

Keywords (en)

Abstract (en)

The electrical punctual stimulation (P-Stim) of the vagal nerve in the ear is a new stimulation technique for pain relief therapy. A few studies exist regarding the effects of the P-Stim, considering mainly subjective pain relief. In this pilot study we assess objectively the vagal effects of the P-Stim by the appropriate heart rate variability analysis reflecting vagal activity of the autonomous nerve system. In particular, the variability was investigated in the phase space by the recurrence quantification analysis. The results have shown a more deterministic and less divergent heart rhythm not only during the stimulation period but also afterwards, which indicates temporally sustainable effects of the P-Stim.