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- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) leads to muscle weakness and requires assistive technology for improved functional abilities; it also causes cardiac autonomic dysfunction.
- The study involved 90 participants, with 45 individuals with DMD and 45 healthy controls, to measure Heart Rate Variability (HRV) during rest and computer tasks using ECG monitoring.
- Results showed that people with DMD had lower parasympathetic heart modulation at rest and further decreased HRV during computer tasks, indicating stronger cardiac responses compared to healthy individuals.
Article Abstract
Introduction: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by progressive muscle weakness that can lead to disability. Owing to functional difficulties faced by individuals with DMD, the use of assistive technology is essential to provide or facilitate functional abilities. In DMD, cardiac autonomic dysfunction has been reported in addition to musculoskeletal impairment. Consequently, the objective was to investigate acute cardiac autonomic responses, by Heart Rate Variability (HRV), during computer tasks in subjects with DMD.
Method: HRV was assessed by linear and nonlinear methods, using the heart rate monitor Polar RS800CX chest strap Electrocardiographic measuring device. Then, 45 subjects were included in the group with DMD and 45 in the healthy Typical Development (TD) control group. They were assessed for twenty minutes at rest sitting, and five minutes after undergoing a task on the computer.
Results: Individuals with DMD had a statistically significant lower parasympathetic cardiac modulation at rest when compared to the control group, which further declined when undergoing the tasks on the computer.
Conclusion: DMD patients presented decreased HRV and exhibited greater intensity of cardiac autonomic responses during computer tasks characterized by vagal withdrawal when compared to the healthy TD control subjects.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5261738 | PMC |
| http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169633 | PLOS |
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