Are the Polar H10, the Apple Watch SE 2022 & the Cyton 3 channel ECG HRMs which are suitable for clinical & research applications? – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

These three heart rate monitors are eventually the most accurate HRMs which we reviewed in our journal:

So which heart rate monitors should scientists with no grant for research test & write a paper about it?

But are these HRMs suitable for clinical and reserach applications? Do we have validation papers which make those suitable for these applications?

For the Polar H10 we have a validation paper from the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports in Magglingen:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31004219/

2. The last Apple watch which was tested by cardiologists from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio was the Apple watch 3:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6732081/

And there is another accuracy validation paper from the Cleveland Clinic for the Apple watch 4. And we have another validation paper for the Apple watch 6 with a Polar H10 as a reference HRM.

3. For the Cyton 3 channel ECG we have a validation paper for HRV:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021012512

For our application meditation the Cyton 3 channel ECG has the biggest potential to be used for this application, since it has an accuracy which can be compared to a device from Adinstruments which costs 15`000 USD which was previously used in many scientific studies. The Polar H10 and Apple watches are rarely used for clinical applications. And the application meditation can be a clinical application since it is according to Mingyur Rinpoche good for a “happy mind” and “good for your heart”. But all the same, the MRIS has no plans to buy a device from g.tec medical for these applications, and we suppose Ajahn Amaro from the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery as well: