Why the study?
Does rehabilitation improve autonomic nervous activity measured by HRV in frail elderly adults?
Population
21 frail elderly individuals aged 75 and older (mean 86 ± 6) recruited from a rehabilitation unit
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 months
Authors
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Rehabilitation-linked FIM gains associate with LF/HF shifts in frail elderly; leaves open HRV as surrogate marker pending prospective trials.
Does rehabilitation improve autonomic nervous activity measured by HRV in frail elderly adults?
Improvement in physical function following geriatric rehabilitation correlates with changes in the LF/HF ratio, suggesting sympathetic nervous activity may serve as a surrogate marker of rehabilitation efficacy.
Shibasaki et al. (2016) studied this question.
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