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A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles
Heart rate measurement is an essential method for evaluating the physiological status of air-breathing diving animals. However, owing to technical difficulties, many marine animals require an invasive approach to record an electrocardiogram (ECG) in water, limiting the application of this approach i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8889138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35250617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.811947 |
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author | Kinoshita, Chihiro Saito, Ayaka Kawai, Megumi Sato, Katsufumi Sakamoto, Kentaro Q. |
author_facet | Kinoshita, Chihiro Saito, Ayaka Kawai, Megumi Sato, Katsufumi Sakamoto, Kentaro Q. |
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description | Heart rate measurement is an essential method for evaluating the physiological status of air-breathing diving animals. However, owing to technical difficulties, many marine animals require an invasive approach to record an electrocardiogram (ECG) in water, limiting the application of this approach in a wide range of marine animals. Recently, a non-invasive system was reported to measure the ECG of hard-shelled sea turtles by pasting the electrodes on the dorsal side of the shell, although the ECG obtained from the moving turtle contains noise produced by muscle contraction. Here, we report that clear ECGs can be obtained by placing the electrodes on the ventral side rather than the dorsal side in loggerhead sea turtles. Using our method, clearer ECG signals were obtained with less electrical noise, even when turtles are swimming. According to the anatomical features, the electrode position on the ventral side is closer to the heart than the dorsal side, minimizing the effects of noise generated by the skeletal muscle. This new biologging technique will elucidate the functioning of the circulatory system of sea turtles during swimming and their adaptabilities to marine environments. This article is part of the theme issue “Methods and Applications in Physio-logging.” |
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spelling | pubmed-88891382022-03-03 A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles Kinoshita, Chihiro Saito, Ayaka Kawai, Megumi Sato, Katsufumi Sakamoto, Kentaro Q. Front Physiol Physiology Heart rate measurement is an essential method for evaluating the physiological status of air-breathing diving animals. However, owing to technical difficulties, many marine animals require an invasive approach to record an electrocardiogram (ECG) in water, limiting the application of this approach in a wide range of marine animals. Recently, a non-invasive system was reported to measure the ECG of hard-shelled sea turtles by pasting the electrodes on the dorsal side of the shell, although the ECG obtained from the moving turtle contains noise produced by muscle contraction. Here, we report that clear ECGs can be obtained by placing the electrodes on the ventral side rather than the dorsal side in loggerhead sea turtles. Using our method, clearer ECG signals were obtained with less electrical noise, even when turtles are swimming. According to the anatomical features, the electrode position on the ventral side is closer to the heart than the dorsal side, minimizing the effects of noise generated by the skeletal muscle. This new biologging technique will elucidate the functioning of the circulatory system of sea turtles during swimming and their adaptabilities to marine environments. This article is part of the theme issue “Methods and Applications in Physio-logging.” Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8889138/ /pubmed/35250617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.811947 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kinoshita, Saito, Kawai, Sato and Sakamoto. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Kinoshita, Chihiro Saito, Ayaka Kawai, Megumi Sato, Katsufumi Sakamoto, Kentaro Q. A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles |
title | A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles |
title_full | A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles |
title_fullStr | A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles |
title_full_unstemmed | A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles |
title_short | A Non-Invasive Heart Rate Measurement Method Is Improved by Placing the Electrodes on the Ventral Side Rather Than the Dorsal in Loggerhead Turtles |
title_sort | non-invasive heart rate measurement method is improved by placing the electrodes on the ventral side rather than the dorsal in loggerhead turtles |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8889138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35250617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.811947 |
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