Peter Gamma (Physiologist & Director) Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS)

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Last Updated on May 27, 2022 by pg@petergamma.org

We did not go yet through all the paper of the Respiratory Rate Estimation Project:

http://peterhcharlton.github.io/RRest/

But there are different data sets available for the validation of respiratory rate estimation data. These where optained from a big number of subjects. We could not find a list of supported devices for respiratory rate estimation.

A recent paper about Estimation of the Respiratory Rate which was performed at the Department of Engineering, King’s College London:

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/1/78/htm

used a Iwork IX-RA-834 10+ ECGChannel Recorder:

IX-RA-834 10+ Channel Recorder and Stimulator

We suppose that this device is a validated device for respiratory rate estimation, else it would not have been used for the paper. If so, the device should also be suitable for clinical applications in the hospital.

We presented various ECG devices on this site. For validation of heart rate monitors, it would be highly desirable if possible to use standard reference devices.

We suggest to use for instance an Iwork IX-RA-834 10+ ECG Channel Recorder, which was used in the above study. If so, validation data obtained with this device can eventually also been used for clinical applications. Other devices first need to be validated for this purpose.

A dissadvantage of the Iwork IX-RA-834 10+ is that it is heavy and not optimal for mobile use.

The group of Dr. Milind Y. Desai used Cardiac Science ECG devices, which are suitable for mobile use. This is a second device we suggest to use as a reference device to validate sensor data.

Also BioNomadix Wireless Wearable Physiology is a suggestion:

https://www.biopac.com/product-category/research/bionomadix-wireless-physiology/

If someone invests so much time in validating sport sensor devices, why does he not choose one of the best devices on the market as a reference device to be taken seriously?

As long as someone uses Garmin Connect as his analysis tool, he risks to become the victim of sports sensor manufactures who take advantage of the fact that he has not the most accurate tools available on the market.