The Effect of Massage Therapy on Autonomic Activity in Critically Ill Children

Table 1

Heart rate variability for critically ill children compared with normal values from the literature [26–28].

Age of the 18 PICU subjects; (number of subjects)	HF of PICU subjects, ms^2/Hz	HF normal range, ms^2/Hz [26–28]
		Mean	SD
2 months ()	2.6	25.03	2.36
5 months ()	22.4	25.03	2.36
8 months ()	28.3	36.6	3.03
10 months ()	25.9	36.6	3.03
2.5 years ()	106.5	407.48	3.56
5 years ()	0.04	398	377
6 years ()	0.13	398	377
8 years ()	8.35	469	275
12 years ()	0.07	285.5	272
14 years ()	9.17	285.5	272
17 years ()	0.36	285.5	272

PICU: pediatric intensive care unit; HF: high frequency.