Heart rate variability in infants with central coordination disturbance

Decreased heart rate variability in children born with low birth weight

“…Therefore it has been suggested that HRV measurements could be used as a prognostic tool in the diagnosis of cerebral palsy in infants (23). The results from the present study do not show the similar association between disturbances in motor-and cardiovascular control because the exclusion of the six patients with minor neurological symptoms did not affect the results.…”

“…Children diagnosed with central coordination disturbances have demonstrated lower values for HRV parameters (23). Therefore it has been suggested that HRV measurements could be used as a prognostic tool in the diagnosis of cerebral palsy in infants (23).…”

A Virtual Meal-Making Environment as a Platform to Measure the Effect of Affective Stimuli on Emotional Response and Task Performance in Children with and without Cerebral Palsy

“…The results are supported by the study of Bjelakovic et al [23] who examined long-term (24 hours) time domain components of HRV in 35 infants with central coordination disorder (16 of them were later diagnosed as having CP) and 37 age and gender matched controls. They found significantly lower SDNN, SDANN, and RMSSD parameters in the experimental group compared to typically developing infants.…”

Differences in autonomic functions as related to induced stress between children with and without cerebral palsy while performing a virtual meal-making task

“…activity compared to typically developing children (Bjelakovic et al, 2010;Ferreira et al, 2011). Moreover, although the autonomic activity of typically developing children differed significantly when task demands changed, no such adaptations were observed for children with CP (Kholod et al, 2013;Park et al, 2002;Yang et al, 2002;Zamuner et al, 2011).…”

“…Only a few studies have measured differences in autonomic functions between children with and without CP, most focusing on differences in heart rate variability (HRV) as a biomarker of sympathovagal balance (Bjelakovic et al, 2010;Ferreira et al, 2011;Kholod, Jamil, & Katz-Leurer, 2013;Park, Park, Cho, Lee, & Kim, 2002;Yang et al, 2002;Zamuner et al, 2011). Overall, children with CP were found to have significantly higher sympathetic activity and lower parasympathetic Significant correlations between trait anxiety, autonomic activity during the calm state and Meal-Maker performance outcomes were found only for children with CP.…”