Heart rate variablity, one of the rare parameters which can be measured with consumer grade heart rate monitors such as the Polar H7 chest strap & is validated in a scientific paper (with co-author Marco Altini, PhD.) – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on December 26, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

The paper where Marco Altini, PhD, Founder of HRV4Training is co-author:

Comparison of Heart-Rate-Variability Recording With Smartphone Photoplethysmography, Polar H7 Chest Strap, and Electrocardiography

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28290720/

is Marco Altini’s most cited paper with 331 citations to this date:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WN3hIWUAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao

Another parameter which can be measured and validated with consumer grade heart rate monitors is the

RR interval signal quality

validated here in the example of the Polar H10 chest strap:

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

What is the difference between HRV and RR interval?

«While heart rate focuses on the average beats per minute, heart rate variability (HRV) measures the specific changes in time (or variability) between successive heart beats. The time between beats is measured in milliseconds (ms) and is called an “R-R interval” or “inter-beat interval (IBI).»

https://elitehrv.com/heart-rate-variability-vs-heart-rate

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