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Autonomic function, voice, and mood states

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study examined the relationships among cardiovascular autonomic, acoustic, and mood states in resting young subjects.

Methods

A total of 75 college students (men:women = 53:22), aged 19–24 years, were enrolled in this study. Each subject was asked to complete the profile of mood states and to produce a sustained vowel sound (/a/) for 3 s to calculate acoustic parameters. We calculated pulse rate variability (PRV) parameters such as low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF), total power (TP) and the ratio of low frequency to high frequency power (LF/HF) by analyzing peak-to-peak intervals detected by photoplethysmography.

Results

Sympathovagal balance-related parameters such as LF/HF were dominant indicators of fatigue in men and women, whereas LF and HF were indicative of depression and anger in women. In terms of acoustic parameters, shimmer and standard deviation of the fundamental frequency (SD F 0), which were related to roughness and instability in voice quality, were indicative of tension and depression in men and women.

Conclusions

The results of this study suggest that mood states in resting young subjects can be estimated from PRV and acoustic parameters.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the program of Kyung Hee University for the young researcher of medical science in KHU-20081259.

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  1. Department of Diagnosis and Biofunctional Medicine, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

    Chan-Kyu Park & Young-Bae Park

  2. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

    Sanghoon Lee

  3. Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

    Hi-Joon Park

  4. Department of Oriental Medical Classics, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

    You-Sang Baik

  5. Department of Diagnosis and Biofunctional Medicine, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyunghee University, #149 Sangil-Dong Gangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-727, Korea

    Young-Jae Park

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Park, CK., Lee, S., Park, HJ. et al. Autonomic function, voice, and mood states. Clin Auton Res 21, 103–110 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-010-0095-1

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