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Mean recovery rate: A simple measure of recovery uncontaminated by the carryover effect

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Assessment of recovery is important for the investigation of stress but has been compounded by difficulties, in particular contamination by the carryover effect. In the present study, the mean recovery rate (MRR) was used in order to overcome this difficulty. First, the validity of the MRR was demonstrated theoretically. Second, it was demonstrated experimentally, when a comparison was made with the validity of the mean recovery per se. In the experiment, data on beat‐by‐beat systolic blood pressure, obtained from 18 participants before, during, and after mental arithmetic, were used as a typical sample. The implications of these results for the understanding of recovery measures are discussed.

Source: Japanese Psychological Research

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2009.00410.x

Authors: YUKIHIRO SAWADA, YUICHI KATO

Institution: Sapporo Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science