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Pediatric impedance cardiography: Temporal stability and intertask consistency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2001

JENNIFER J. McGRATH  and
WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN
JENNIFER J. McGRATH
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, USA
WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, USA
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Abstract

The pathogenic processes responsible for cardiovascular disease have their origins in childhood. Although children's measures of heart rate and blood pressure have been found to be reliable, the reliability of impedance cardiography derived measures have not been evaluated. Thirty-three children, ages 8–11 participated in two sessions. Stressors included serial subtraction, isometric handgrip, and mirror-image tracing. Results indicated the impedance measures showed moderately high temporal stability (average scores ravg = .74; difference scores ravg = .53) and intertask consistency (average scores ravg = .78; difference scores ravg = .53). Blood pressure demonstrated the lowest reliability; Heather index, preejection period, and stroke volume demonstrated the highest. These findings suggest children's cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stressors can be reliably and consistently assessed using impedance cardiography.

Keywords

Impedance cardiographyCardiovascular reactivityChildrenHeartPediatric
Type
Research Article
Information
Psychophysiology , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , May 2001 , pp. 479 - 484
Copyright
2001 Society for Psychophysiological Research

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