Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
SSR and RRIV tests useful in dysautonomia assessment
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 13th, 2005
In a study conducted by researchers in Poland, the "sympathetic skin response (SSR) and the R-R interval variation (RRIV) tests" were examined "in 34 OSAS patients and in 32 healthy controls."
"The aim of the study was to evaluate the sympathetic and parasympathetic system function in OSAS, to define the pattern of autonomic abnormalities found in SSR and RRIV in patients, and to analyze the usefulness of both tests in paraclinical assessment of the dysautonomia, compared with clinical symptoms and signs of autonomic...
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