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Human Heartbeat and Gait
Dynamics in Health and Disease*
An expanded and updated version of this material appears in:
Peng C-K, Hausdorff JM, Goldberger AL. Fractal mechanisms in neural control: Human heartbeat and gait dynamics in health and disease. In: Walleczek J, ed. Self-Organized Biological Dynamics and Nonlinear Control. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.Please cite this publication when referencing this material, and also include the standard citation for PhysioNet: Goldberger AL, Amaral LAN, Glass L, Hausdorff JM, Ivanov PCh, Mark RG, Mietus JE, Moody GB, Peng C-K, Stanley HE. PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet: Components of a New Research Resource for Complex Physiologic Signals. Circulation 101(23):e215-e220 [Circulation Electronic Pages; http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/101/23/e215.full]; 2000 (June 13) Readers of this tutorial may also wish to read: Goldberger AL, Amaral LAN, Hausdorff JM, Ivanov PCh, Peng C-K, Stanley HE. Fractal dynamics in physiology: Alterations with disease and aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99(Suppl 1):2466-2472, 2002 (19 Feb). |
- Introduction
- Fractal Analysis Methods
- Fractal Dynamics of Human Heartbeat
- Fractal Dynamics of Human Walking
- Fractal Dynamics of Heart Rate and Gait: Implications and General Conclusions
- References