TAP reading note: Cardiac vagal recovery following acute psychological stress in human adults: A scoping review
Maps cardiac vagal recovery after acute psychological stress and documents variation in recovery definitions, observation windows and reporting of conditions such as posture. Resting HRV and post-challenge recovery are distinct measurements.
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What the study found
Maps cardiac vagal recovery after acute psychological stress and documents variation in recovery definitions, observation windows and reporting of conditions such as posture. Resting HRV and post-challenge recovery are distinct measurements.
Scope & limitations
291 articles, 294 studies, 23,533 adults across 33 countries; 56.1% female.
A map of heterogeneous methods does not validate one universal HRV recovery score. Study counts can overlap with other reviews.
Population & sample
291 articles, 294 studies, 23,533 adults across 33 countries; 56.1% female.
Exposure or intervention
Acute psychological stress followed by vagally mediated HRV assessment.
Outcomes
Definitions and measurement of cardiac vagal recovery.
Time frame
Recovery windows varied, including five and 30 minutes; review published in 2025.
Research funding
Not yet verified against the full text.
Research conflicts of interest
The PubMed-indexed declaration reports no competing interests. The full funding statement has not been verified.
Reading scope
PubMed bibliographic record and abstract. This note covers the question and reported findings; detailed methods, supplements and complete declarations were not assessed.
References
Publication record
TAP-RDN-0092 · v1.0 · English
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