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Space medicine was one of the first fields of science and practice to use the analysis of the heart rate variability (HRV) for obtaining new scientific information and solving the tasks of exercising medical control over humans working under extreme conditions. The theoretical basis of HRV analysis and different approaches to the assessment of the data obtained are presented in the work. The technique for HRV analysis with regard to the specifics of space studies is described. The results of investigations at different stages of the space flight, including the use of Holter monitoring, are presented. Special attention is given to the results of the investigations in a long-term 14-month space flight. The adaptation to long-term weightlessness was shown to be of a multistep character with the gradual involvement of additional regulatory mechanisms.
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Baevskii, R.M. Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Space Medicine. Human Physiology 28, 202–213 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014866501535
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