Open AccessEffects of Chronic Pelvic Pain on Heart Rate Variability in Women
Author(s) -
DeWayne P. Williams,
Gisela Chelimsky,
N. Patrick McCabe,
Julian Koenig,
Partik Singh,
Jeffrey W. Janata,
Julian F. Thayer,
C.A. Tony Buffington,
Thomas Chelimsky
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1016/j.juro.2015.04.101
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic pain , heart rate variability , heart rate , chronic pain , cardiology , physical therapy , surgery , blood pressure
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and myofascial pelvic pain are frequently comorbid chronic pelvic pain disorders. Differences in bladder function between interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and myofascial pelvic pain suggest that efferent autonomic function may differentiate these syndromes. Heart rate variability, defined as the difference in duration of successive heartbeats, serves as an index of autonomic function by measuring its ability to modify heart rate in response to neurophysiological changes. High frequency heart rate variability was used as a reflection of more rapid vagally mediated (parasympathetic) changes. Low frequency heart rate variability signified slower fluctuations related to the baroreflex and sympathetic outflow.