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233 - HEART RATE VARIABILITY - PREPARING DATA FOR ANALYSIS
This Application Note explains how to optimize ECG R-R interval data for Heart Rate Variability studies by using a template matching approach. It also explains how to identify erroneous R-R interval values caused by signal artifact and shows methods for correcting the errors by using the tools in the AcqKnowledge software. The note explains how to:
A. Record good ECG data B. Prepare data for the tachogram
1. Filter the ECG data 2. Transform the data using Template Correlation function
C. Create a tachogram D. Identify problems with the tachogram data E. Correct tachogram data
Recording good data is essential for performing HRV analysis. The protocol outlined for data acquisition, filtering, artifact detection and correction results in great improvements in HRV analysis.
"Results reveal that even a single heart period artifact, occurring within a 2-min recording epoch, can lead to errors of estimate heart period variability that are considerably larger than typical effect sizes in psychophysiological studies." —Berntson & Stowell, 1998
