Key result
The addition of a short-distance running exercise program to chiropractic care temporarily improved heart rate variability to 22.3 ms, exceeding the upper outlier fence of 19.2 ms.
Why the study?
Does chiropractic care and exercise improve neurological (autonomic) progress as measured by heart rate variability in an individual patient?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does chiropractic care and exercise improve neurological (autonomic) progress as measured by heart rate variability in an individual patient?
This case report describes a method for monitoring autonomic progress using heart rate variability outlier analysis during chiropractic care and exercise.
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May aid individualized HRV monitoring during chiropractic care; hypothesis-generating and requires controlled validation before broader use.
This report describes a method of monitoring neurological (autonomic) progress (or lack thereof) where two different natural interventions were used for an individual patient: Chiropractic care and exercise.
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John Hart (2020) conducted a case report in Low back pain and autonomic health (n=1). Exercise (running short distances) vs. Chiropractic care alone (baseline) was evaluated on Heart rate variability (rMSSD in ms). The addition of a short-distance running exercise program to chiropractic care temporarily improved heart rate variability to 22.3 ms, exceeding the upper outlier fence of 19.2 ms.
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