Heart Rate Variability: Pre‑Deployment Predictor of Post‑Deployment PTSD Symptoms

Basic Research

Study of 343 soldiers found lower pre-deployment heart rate variability predicted higher post-deployment PTSD symptoms, especially with higher initial PCL scores.

Where Published: Elsevier, Biological Psychology Volume 121, Part A, December 2016, Pages 91-98

Authors: Jeffrey M. Pyne; Joseph I. Constans; Mark D. Wiederhold; et al.

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