Establishing statistical stability for heart rate variability in horses

L McDuffee, M Mills, M McNiven… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heart rate variability (HRV) is used increasingly as a quantitative marker for health in
humans and welfare in animals. By evaluating the variability expressed in HRV measures …

Comparison of daily heart rate variability in old and young horses: A preliminary study

I Janczarek, W Kędzierski, I Wilk… - Journal of veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study analyzed heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in selected intervals of a 24-hour
recording session. The study was conducted with eight young and eight old, clinically …

Repeatability and reliability of heart rate variability in healthy, adult pony mares

E Van Vollenhoven, CC Grant, L Fletcher… - Journal of Equine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Heart rate variability (HRV) is an important noninvasive method to quantify stress by
measuring sympathetic and parasympathetic activity of the autonomic nervous system. Few …

Heart rate variability in horses engaged in equine-assisted activities

EK Gehrke, A Baldwin, PM Schiltz - Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Although there has been a recent surge in using horses to treat mental and emotional
human health issues, the consequences of horse-assisted interventions on the stress …

Comparison of heart rate and heart rate variability obtained by heart rate monitors and simultaneously recorded electrocardiogram signals in nonexercising horses

N Ille, R Erber, C Aurich, J Aurich - Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) are often determined with Polar heart rate
monitors (HRMs; S810i; Polar, Kempele, Finland). The aims of this study were to compare …

Measuring heart rate variability in horses to investigate the autonomic nervous system activity–Pros and cons of different methods

D Stucke, MG Ruse, D Lebelt - Applied animal behaviour science, 2015 - Elsevier
Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) may provide insight into the mental
state of the animal held in restricted specific experimental conditions. Determining inter-beat …

The effects of restriction of movement on the reliability of heart rate variability measurements in the horse (Equus caballus)

V Vitale, R Balocchi, M Varanini, M Sgorbini… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is a noninvasive approach for investigating
the sympathovagal balance of the autonomic nervous system. In recent years, HRV has …

Use of the Polar V800 and Actiheart 5 heart rate monitors for the assessment of heart rate variability (HRV) in horses

R Mott, F Dowell, N Evans - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a commonly used metric in animal science to quantify an
aspect of the physiological response to stressors. HRV analysis relies upon accurate …

Accuracy of a heart rate monitor for calculating heart rate variability parameters in exercising horses

T Frippiat, C van Beckhoven, E Moyse, T Art - Journal of equine veterinary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heart rate is evaluated in exercising horses to monitor the level of fitness to exercise, and it
is usually acquired using heart rate monitors (HRM) or telemetric electrocardiograms (ECG) …

Heart rate variability during exercise in the horse.

JF Thayer, AW Hahn, MA Pearson… - Biomedical Sciences …, 1997 - europepmc.org
High heart rate variability (HRV) has been associated with more efficient autonomic control,
allowing more responsivity and sensitivity to changing environmental demands. Previous …