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KMID : 0363320120330020209
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2012 Volume.33 No. 2 p.209 ~ p.221
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Relationship between Heart Rate Variability and Cold-Heat Patternization in Patient with Chronic Constipation
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Park Jong-Joo
Lee Myung-Su
Kong Kyung-Hwan
Go Ho-Yeon
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and the cold-heat pattern in patients with chronic constipation.
Methods: Subjects with chronic constipation (n=30) and without chronic constipation (n=20) were recruited, interviewed and measured for heart rate variability (HRV). Chronic constipation was defined as functional constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with constipation based on Rome III criteria. We surveyed patients’ general characteristics, categorized by cold-heat pattern, and took measurement of HRV for 5 minutes. Analysis was conducted among these three indices.
Results: Women accounted for most of the subjects with chronic constipation (96.7%). In groups with or without constipation, the number of cold patterns was more than of heat patterns. The mean heart rate of subjects without chronic constipation was significantly higher than that of subjects with chronic constipation. No other statistical significance was noted among indices of HRV and cold-heat pattern.
Conclusions: Through this study, there were few relationships between autonomic nervous system measured by HRV and cold-heat pattern in chronic constipation.
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KEYWORD
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constipation, cold-heat patternization, heart rate variability, autonomic nervous system
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