Children's Sleep and Autonomic Function: Low Sleep Quality Has an Impact on Heart Rate Variability
Author(s) -
Nathalie Michels,
Els Clays,
Marc De Buyzere,
Barbara Vanaelst,
Stefaan De Henauw,
Isabelle Sioen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.3234
Subject(s) - heart rate variability , sleep (system call) , moderation , heart rate , sleep onset latency , autonomic nervous system , medicine , psychology , arousal , sleep onset , cardiology , audiology , insomnia , blood pressure , psychiatry , neuroscience , social psychology , computer science , operating system
Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality in children have been associated with concentration, problem behavior, and emotional instability, but recently also with disrupted autonomic nervous function, which predicts cardiovascular health. Heart rate variability (HRV) was used as noninvasive indicator of autonomic function to examine the influence of sleep.
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