Abstract
Heart rate is much used as a parameter of cardiac performance, demonstrating the chronotropic responses to adaptive processes. This adaptation is effected by the cardiac innervation, reflecting the activity of centres in the brain stem as well as their interactions with the influences of central drives and afferent inputs (1). Exact measurements of heart rate at rest show the oscillations of sinus arrhythmia, synchronized with respiration, and slower rhythms. These can be considered as the expression of interactions of different origin (2, 3, 4). Until now their precise mechanism especially in concrete situations in man is not exactly known, though alterations of heart rate and sinus arrhythmia on physical work have been described (5).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Koepchen HP (1977) Neurophysiologische Grundlagen der nervösen Steuerung der Herzfrequenz, insbesondere ihrer atemrhythmischen Schwankungen. Med Sport 17:136–140
Eckoldt K, Cammann H, Pfeifer B, Schubert E (1973) The continuous acquisition of the sinus arrhythmia of the human heart at rest and work. Digest 10th Intern. Conf. Med. Biol. Engineering, Dresden, p 360
Freyschuss U, Melcher A (1975) Sinus arrhythmia in man: Influence of tidal volume and oesophagial pressure. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 35:487–496
Koepchen HP, Thurau K (1959) Über die Entstehungsbedingungen der atemsynchronen Schwankungen des Vagustonus (Respiratorische Arrhythmie). Pfluegers Arch 269:10–30
Eckoldt K, Eger W, Kensy A, Löbl H, Schubert E (1974) Der Einfluß vegetativer Umstellungen auf die Sinus arrhythmie des Herzens. In: Schubert E (ed) Neue Ergebnisse der Elektrokardiologie II, Jena, pp 349–352
Pfeifer B, Cammann H, Dinter W, Eckoldt K, Schädlich M, Schubert E (1977) Herzrhythmik und metabolische Größen bei und nach Ergometerarbeit. Med Sport 17:143–145
Eckoldt K, Bodmann KH, Cammann H, Pfeifer B, Schubert E (1976) Sinus arrhythmia and heart rate in hypertonic disease. Adv Cardiol 16:366–369
Pfeifer B, Cammann H, Eckoldt K, Schädlich M, Schubert E (1977) Die chronotrope Regulation des menschlichen Herzens bei verschiedenen Funktionszuständen der Herz-Kreislaufregulation. Med Sport 17:150–151
Goldstein RE, Beiser GD, Stampfer M, Epstein SE (1975) Impairment of autonomically mediated heart rate control in patients with cardiac dysfunction. Circ Res 36:571–578
Ushiyama J, Brooks McC (1977) Interaction of oscillators: Effect of sinusoidal stretching of the sinoatrial node on nodal rhythm. J Electrocardiol 10:39–44
Löbl H, Eckoldt K (1972) Tagesprofil der Schwankungsbreite des Histogramms der menschlichen Ruheherzfrequenz. Ergeb Exp Med 8:151–157
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1980 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Eckoldt, K., Pfeifer, B., Schubert, E. (1980). Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Innervation of the Heart at Rest and Work in Man as Judged by Heart Rate and Sinus-Arrhythmia. In: Koepchen, H.P., Hilton, S.M., Trzebski, A. (eds) Central Interaction Between Respiratory and Cardiovascular Control Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67603-1_25
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67603-1_25
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-09948-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-67603-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive