Resting heart rate (HR) in women with and without premenstrual symptoms (PMS)

Palmero, Francisco; Chóliz, Mariano

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“…A study of 64 undergraduate women showed an increase in resting heart rate in those who experience PMS. 46 Nutrition, chiropractic adjustments, and medications are methods used to combat the symptoms of PMS. Nutritional supplementation with calcium carbonate (1200 mg/d) reduced the symptoms of PMS for some women.…”

Section: Dysmenorrhea and Pmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A narrative review of medical, chiropractic, and alternative health practices in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

Spears

2005

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

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Section: Dysmenorrhea and Pmsmentioning

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A narrative review of medical, chiropractic, and alternative health practices in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

Spears

2005

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

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“…Girdler et al (3) reported that women with PMDD had greater norepinephrine levels than control women both while quietly resting, and when under experimental stress conditions, regardless of menstrual phase, suggesting greater sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity in the PMDD women. One study (4) reported that women with PMS have a higher resting heart rate than controls in the late-luteal phase, consistent with altered autonomic nervous system function, but others have failed to replicate this effect (5,6). Measures of skin conductance, used as an index of sympathetic tone, have also produced conflicting results, with some studies reporting greater skin conductance in women with PMS (7), others reporting no difference between women with PMS and controls (8), and yet others reporting higher levels of skin conductance pre-menses than post-menses in women with PMS, an effect opposite to that seen in controls (9).…”

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Reduced parasympathetic activity during sleep in the symptomatic phase of severe premenstrual syndrome

Baker

Colrain

Trinder

2008

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Objective-Severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common, distressing disorder in women that manifests during the premenstrual (late-luteal) phase of the ovulatory menstrual cycle. There is some evidence that altered autonomic function may be an important component of PMS but few studies have used heart rate variability (HRV), as a sensitive marker of autonomic activity, in severe PMS and findings are conflicting.Methods-We investigated HRV during sleep, a state relatively free of external disruptions, in nine women with severe PMS and twelve controls.Results-The normal-to-normal (NN) RR-interval was shorter during the sleep period in women with PMS than in controls in both the follicular and late-luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. The standard deviation of all NN intervals (SDNN), a measure of total variability in the inter-beat interval, was lower during the sleep period in the late-luteal phase than in the follicular phase in women with PMS. The square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent NN intervals (rMSSD), a measure reflecting high frequency activity, showed a similar pattern. High frequency power, a marker of parasympathetic activity, was lower during non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) and REM sleep in the late-luteal phase than in the follicular phase in women with severe PMS. Controls had a shorter NN-interval, but similar HRV measures, in the late-luteal phase compared with the follicular phase.Conclusion-These results suggest that women with severe PMS have decreased parasympathetic activity during sleep in association with their premenstrual symptoms compared to when they are symptom-free.

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“…5 The heart rate variability was significantly higher in the luteal phase compared to the follicular phase, suggesting increased sympathetic activity in the luteal phase; the alteration in the balance of ovarian hormones might be responsible for these changes in the cardiac autonomic innervations. 6 The plasma norepinephrine levels were significantly higher in the mid-luteal phase than in the early follicular phase; therefore the hormonal fluctuations that occur during the normal menstrual cycle may alter sympathetic outflow.…”

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A comparative study of parasympathetic function tests during different phases of menstrual cycle in young healthy females

2018

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Background: The hormonal fluctuations that occur during normal menstrual cycle has profound influence on autonomic functions. This influence on autonomic nervous system may affect cardiovagal control. The aim of the study is to find out the variation of Parasympathetic function tests during different phases of menstrual cycle in young healthy females.Methods: The present study was carried out on 50 healthy female subjects with normal menstrual cycles between the ages of 18 to 25 years. Various non-invasive parasympathetic function tests during different phases of menstrual cycle were performed that include Resting heart rate (RHR), Heart rate variation during deep breathing (E:I Ratio), Heart rate response to standing (30:15 Ratio), Heart rate response to Valsalva maneuver (Valsalva Ratio). The results were analysed using ANOVA and student’s paired-t tests.Results: During the menstrual cycle, we found varied heart rate response with higher values towards the luteal phase, when compared to the follicular phase and the menstrual phase. There was a statistically significant difference in the heart rate parameters like resting heart rate, 30:15 ratio, valsalva ratio and E:I ratio during the three phases of menstrual cycle.Conclusions: The study concludes that there was statistically significant heart rate variability during three phases of the menstrual cycle, as observed by the increased sympathetic discharge in the luteal phase compared to the increased parasympathetic discharge in the follicular phase. The results of our study have emphasized the complexity of the relationship between ovarian steroids and various hemodynamic regulatory systems.

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Resting heart rate (HR) in women with and without premenstrual symptoms (PMS)

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

A narrative review of medical, chiropractic, and alternative health practices in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

A narrative review of medical, chiropractic, and alternative health practices in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

Reduced parasympathetic activity during sleep in the symptomatic phase of severe premenstrual syndrome

A comparative study of parasympathetic function tests during different phases of menstrual cycle in young healthy females

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