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We applied the multifractal\u2013multiscale (MFMS) DFA to derive scale coefficients,\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n (\n q<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ), with function of the multifractal order\n q<\/jats:italic>\n and scale\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n , and evaluated a scale-coefficient dispersion index,\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n SD<\/jats:sub>\n (\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ), as the standard deviation of\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n (\n q<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ) over\n q<\/jats:italic>\n . We calculated the RRI increments, their magnitude and sign, estimating the MFMS DFA coefficients for the series of magnitude\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n m<\/jats:sub>\n (\n q<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ) and sign\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n s<\/jats:sub>\n (\n q<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ).\n Main results<\/jats:italic>\n : While sitting, differences between SCI and AB groups depended on\n q<\/jats:italic>\n for coefficients 16\u2009\u2009<\u2009\u2009\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009\u2009<\u2009\u200932\u2009s, so that\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n SD<\/jats:sub>\n (\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ) was lower in individuals with SCI at\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009\u2009=\u2009\u200925\u2009s. In the supine condition, short-term scales were greater in individuals with SCI for all\n q<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n SD<\/jats:sub>\n (\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ) did not differ between groups. Group differences were found in\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n s<\/jats:sub>\n (\n q<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ) and not in\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n m<\/jats:sub>\n (\n q<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n ) or in traditional HRV indices. The surrogate analysis showed AB\u2013SCI differences in linear HRV components at scales\n \u03c4<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009\u2009<\u2009\u200916\u2009s and nonlinear components at larger scales.\n Significance<\/jats:italic>\n : Complexity decomposition by DFA describes autonomic alterations in HRV in low-level paraplegia better than traditional indices, probably pointing out a loss of system complexity in the sitting posture and an impaired sympatho\/vagal modulation in the supine position.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1361-6579\/ab2b4a","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,20]],"date-time":"2019-06-20T18:15:10Z","timestamp":1561054510000},"page":"084003","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Decomposing the complexity of heart-rate variability by the multifractal\u2013multiscale approach to detrended fluctuation analysis: an application to low-level spinal cord injury"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8775-2605","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paolo","family":"Castiglioni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giampiero","family":"Merati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gianfranco","family":"Parati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8924-8234","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Faini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"pmeaab2b4abib001","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1900","DOI":"10.1103\/PhysRevLett.86.1900","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Magnitude and sign correlations in heartbeat fluctuations","volume":"86","author":"Ashkenazy","year":"2001","journal-title":"Phys. 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