Age‐related circulatory responses to whole body cooling: observations by heart rate variability

• Main Authors: Jarmo Alametsä (Author), Kalev Kuklane (Author), Juhani Smolander (Author), Leif Vanggaard (Author), Amitava Halder (Author), Karin Lundgren (Author), Chuansi Gao (Author), Jari Viik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Finnish Social and Health Informatics Association, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose was to study potential age ‐ related changes in the circulatory system via heart rate variability (HRV) by gradually lowering ambient temperature (0.2°C/min) from thermoneutral (32 C°) towards cold (18 C°). ECG was recorded from a young (31 years) and from an older subject (78 years), bo...