Last Updated on January 5, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org
1. Adapt the protocol of this paper:
Accuracy of commercially available heart rate monitors in athletes: a prospective study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6732081/
Address for correspondence: Milind Y. Desai, M.D., Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic/Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195
– if possible, associate with a cardiologists, which has an excellent ECG device and knows how to handle it
– it this is not possible, buy for instance an iWorkx recorder with 3 leads incl. iworx toolbox
– Or build your own 3 lead ECG with OpenBCI and HeartPy
2. For activities with strong body movement use a Polar H10 chest strap
– if your budget allows buy a Adinstruments Equitvital with LabChart software
– Or build your own 3 lead ECG with OpenBCI and HeartPy and test if you can remove ECG noise and motion artifacts
4. Take over a protocol from a scientific paper, for instance from the Paper of the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports which tested the Polar H10, which can be reproduced
3. Publish your data on a Wiki page, or assocociate with a research institute who wants to publish the results with you as a co-author