Functional assessment of heart rate variability: physiological basis and practical applications

J Pumprla, K Howorka, D Groves, M Chester… - International journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
The autonomic nervous system dynamically controls the response of the body to a range of
external and internal stimuli, providing physiological stability in the individual. With the …

Effects of physical training on heart rate variability in diabetic patients with various degrees of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy

K Howorka, J Pumprla, P Haber… - Cardiovascular …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To investigate the effects of regularly performed endurance training on heart rate
variability in diabetic patients with different degrees of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy …

Empowering diabetes out-patients with structured education:: short-term and long-term effects of functional insulin treatment on perceived control over diabetes

K Howorka, J Pumprla, D Wagner-Nosiska… - Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To investigate short-term and long-term effects of structured outpatient education
for Functional Insulin Treatment (FIT: selective insulin dosages for eating, fasting or …

Optimal parameters of short-term heart rate spectrogram for routine evaluation of diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy

K Howorka, J Pumprla, A Schabmann - Journal of the Autonomic Nervous …, 1998 - Elsevier
Our aim was to select those parameters of heart rate variability (HRV) within its short-term
power spectral analysis (PSA), which have a capability similar to that of the standard Ewing …

Effects of guided breathing on blood pressure and heart rate variability in hypertensive diabetic patients

K Howorka, J Pumprla, J Tamm, A Schabmann… - Autonomic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective Our aim was to investigate medium-term effects of device-guided breathing on
blood pressure (BP) and its capacity to improve the cardiovascular autonomic balance in …

Dealing with ceiling baseline treatment satisfaction level in patients with diabetes under flexible, functional insulin treatment: assessment of improvements in treatment …

K Howorka, J Pumprla, C Schlusche… - Quality of Life …, 2000 - Springer
Even a small improvement in satisfaction with treatment for a chronic disease can be
valuable. However, sensitive measurements instruments are needed to assess the effects of …

Normalization of pregnancy outcome in pregestational diabetes through functional insulin treatment and modular out‐patient education adapted for pregnancy

K Howorka, J Pumprla, M Gabriel, A Feiks… - Diabetic …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate whether modular out‐patient group education for flexible, Functional
Insulin Treatment (FIT) adapted for pregnancy can eliminate diabetes‐associated neonatal …

Cardiac autonomic function in patients suffering from primary focal hyperhidrosis

P Birner, H Heinzl, M Schindl, J Pumprla… - European …, 2000 - karger.com
Cardiac autonomic function in patients (n= 63) with primary focal hyperhidrosis and healthy
controls (n= 28) was investigated by short-term frequency domain power spectral analysis of …

Decrease of vigilance assessed by EEG-mapping in type I diabetic patients with history of recurrent severe hypoglycaemia

K Howorka, J Pumprla, B Saletu, P Anderer… - …, 2000 - Elsevier
In Type I diabetic patients with history of recurrent severe hypoglycaemia, a more rapid
decrease in vigilance (slowing of brain function) during hypoglycaemia in comparison to …

Modified orthostatic load for spectral analysis of short-term heart rate variability improves the sensitivity of autonomic dysfunction assessment

K Howorka, J Pumprla, A Jirkovska, S Lacigova… - Journal of Diabetes and …, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM: To evaluate the impact of orthostatic load for sensitivity of short-term spectral analysis of
heart rate variability (HRV) assessment of potential early autonomic dysfunction in diabetes …