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Table 1 Mean and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for Heart Rate, LFnu, HFnu, and LF/HF Parameters

From: Osteopathic manipulative treatment and its relationship to autonomic nervous system activity as demonstrated by heart rate variability: a repeated measures study

  

Control

Sham OMT

OMT

   

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

Position

Mean

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Mean

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Mean

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Heart Rate (bpm)

H1

67.61

61.79

73.44

65.64

60.42

70.86

62.43

57.89

66.96

 

Tilt

80.51

74.52

86.51

78.73

72.03

85.43

71.74

66.29

77.20

 

H2

65.43

59.85

71.01

64.03

58.74

69.32

59.53

55.44

63.62

LFnu

H1

53.21

44.05

62.36

44.97

35.63

54.31

40.08

28.80

51.35

 

Tilt

80.19

76.00

84.38

76.93

71.25

82.61

58.33

49.87

66.79

 

H2

53.30

43.90

62.70

47.98

39.32

56.64

41.49

30.48

52.50

HFnu

H1

47.89

38.41

57.38

54.43

44.53

64.33

59.37

47.37

71.37

 

Tilt

20.15

15.73

24.57

21.57

16.43

26.71

41.44

32.40

50.48

 

H2

47.50

37.61

57.39

51.38

42.22

60.53

56.60

45.64

67.54

LF/HF

H1

1.46

0.97

1.96

1.17

0.53

1.81

1.09

0.41

1.77

 

Tilt

4.85

3.62

6.08

4.44

2.92

5.96

1.83

1.11

2.56

 

H2

1.60

0.90

2.29

1.29

0.58

2.00

1.04

0.49

1.60

  1. H1 = first horizontal position, Tilt = 50-degree head-up position, H2 = second (recovery) horizontal position. LFnu = normalized low frequency, HFnu = normalized high frequency, LF/HF = low frequency to high frequency ratio. The protocol was completed three times, Control, Sham, and OMT.