Open AccessAccuracy of Pulse Rate Variability Parameters Obtained from Finger Plethysmogram: A Comparison with Heart Rate Variability Parameters Obtained from ECG
Author(s) -
Kageyama Takayuki,
Kabuto Michinori,
Kaneko Tetsuya,
Nishikido Noriko
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.39.154
Subject(s) - library science , geography , health science , computer science , medicine , medical education
Two spectral components of heart rate variability, respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and Mayer wave-related sinus arrhythmia (MWSA), respectively provide noninvasive indices of cardiac vagal activity and systemic sympathetic activity with vagal modification. Their amplitudes are usually obtained from spectral analysis of R-R intervals measured on an electrocardiogram (ECG). In the present study, it was examined whether peak-to-peak intervals measured on a finger plethysmogram (FPG) can be alternative data to the ECG R-R intervals for the same analysis. If we can substitute the FPG for the ECG, this provides an advantage in a routine physical examination at a work site, because the FPG is often easier to be applied to many subjects than the ECG.