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No effects of pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic fields on heart rate variability during human sleep
Mann, K, Roschke, J, Connemann, B, Beta, H · 1998
View Original AbstractMobile phone RF fields showed no immediate effects on heart rate patterns during sleep in this 1998 study using weaker technology.
Plain English Summary
Researchers monitored heart rate patterns during sleep in healthy adults exposed to radiofrequency fields from digital mobile phones. They found no changes in heart rate variability or the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems (the body's automatic stress and rest responses) during EMF exposure compared to placebo conditions. The study suggests that weak pulsed RF fields from mobile phones don't disrupt the heart's natural rhythm control during sleep.
Study Details
The influence of pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by digital mobile radio telephones on heart rate during sleep in healthy humans was investigated.
Beside mean RR interval and total variability of RR intervals based on calculation of the standard d...
For most parameters, significant differences between different sleep stages were found. In particula...
Thus, under the given experimental conditions, autonomic control of heart rate was not affected by weak-pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic fields.
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@article{mann_1998_no_effects_of_pulsed_3226,
author = {Mann and K and Roschke and J and Connemann and B and Beta and H},
title = {No effects of pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic fields on heart rate variability during human sleep},
year = {1998},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9813465/},
}