| ANS | Autonomic nervous system |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| HF | High-frequency band |
| HRV | Heart rate variability |
| LF | Low-frequency band |
| LF/HF | Ratio of low- and high-frequency bands |
| NNmax | Longest normal heart cycle during the measured period |
| NNmean | Average length of normal heart cycles during the measured period |
| NNmin | Shortest normal heart cycle during the measured period |
| PHY | Physical stress test |
| pNN50 | Ratio of consecutive NN interval pairs with a greater difference than 50 ms |
| PSY | Psychological stress test |
| PTSD | Post-traumatic stress disorder |
| rMSSD | Root mean square of successive differences |
| SDNN | Standard deviation of normal heart cycles during the measured period |
| TP | Total power |
| VLF | Very-low-frequency band |
| VO2peak | Peak oxygen uptake |