Higuchi Fractal Dimension of Heart Rate Variability During Percutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Healthy and Diabetic Subjects

• Published in: Frontiers in physiology Vol. 9; p. 1162
• Main Authors: Gomolka, Ryszard S., Kampusch, Stefan, Kaniusas, Eugenijus, Thürk, Florian, Széles, Jozsef C., Klonowski, Wlodzimierz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 21.08.2018
• Subjects: autonomic nervous system; diabetes; heart rate variability; Higuchi fractal dimension; Physiology; vagus nerve stimulation; vagus nerve stimulation; Higuchi fractal dimension; autonomic nervous system; heart rate variability; diabetes

Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) can be applied to assess the autonomic nervous system (ANS) sympathetic and parasympathetic activity. Since living systems are non-linear, evaluation of ANS activity is difficult by means of linear methods. We propose to apply the Higuchi fractal dimension (H...