#139 – Heart Rate Variability and Sleep: Like a Moving Heartbeat
Heart rate variability (HRV) is everywhere, and in no space has it made a bigger splash than in sleep medicine. Not only is HRV influenced significantly by sleep, but it is also at the core of wearable sleep technology. In this episode we will:
- Define heart rate variability
- Discuss what increased or decreased heart rate variability means
- List the medical conditions often associated/predicted by changes in HRV
- Characterize how HRV is utilized in sleep medicine
- Contrast how different stages of sleep are reflected in HRV changes and how this is utilized in wearable technology
- Touch upon the factors that positively and negatively influence HRV
Produced by: Maeve Winter
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