The Reliability of Heart Rate Variability Among Patients With Brain Injury as Measured by POLAR RC810XE Compared to HOLTER

NCT01451242 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: SHEBA-11-8790-OK-CTIL
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Following a brain injury (BI) in addition to all other systems, there can be a failure in the control of the autonomic system activity. Heart rate (HR) has its own normal variability. Heart rate is controlled by the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic systems. Therefore, monitoring HR variability (HRV) can help us evaluate the balance of the two systems and their efficiency.Decrease in HRV was found to be in correlation with death among patients in the acute stage following ABI. Decrease in HRV is a pre-stage of HR irregularity and ventricular fibrillation.This disturbance can have a great impact on the patients health condition. In addition there was found an inverse correlation between this situation and the rehabilitation outcomes. Based on this data there is a great importance in monitoring HRV during rehabilitation among patients following BI while the patients are required to perform physical activity.The aim of this work is to check whether we can replace the traditional way of measuring HR by EKG Holter (gold standard) with a more simple,accessible tool-the POLAR watch. The aim of this work is to check if the data collected from a POLAR watch is reliable compared to the data collected from an EKG holter.

Conditions

Acquired Brain Injury

Keywords

Heart Rate Variability; Acquired Brain Injury; Physical Activity

Study Arms (1)

brain injury

Other: no intervention is made

Interventions

no intervention is made OTHER

no intervention is made

brain injury

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

30 patients following brain injury hospitalized in sheba medical center in the Brain injury rehabilitation unit.

You may qualify if:

• Brain Injury

You may not qualify if:

• a medical condition which doesn't allow the patient to participate physical activity.
• patients that can not be there own legal guardian.
• uncontrolled psychomotoric restlessness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sheba Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sheba Medical Center-Brain Injury Rehabilitation Department

Ramat Gan, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Injuries; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Wounds and Injuries; Behavior

Study Officials

• Ofer Keren, MD

  Sheba Medical Center

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Ofer Keren, MD

CONTACT

972-3-5305183; ofer.keren@sheba.health.gov.il

Michal Katz, PhD

CONTACT

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 10, 2011
• First Posted: October 13, 2011
• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Last Updated: October 13, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-10

Locations

IL (1)