Last Updated on October 2, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
Rob ter Horst claims in the following video that the Polar H10 «is the gold standard in science» for heart rate measurements:
The information is from this paper:
RR interval signal quality of a heart rate monitor and an ECG Holter at rest and during exercise:
The paper was published in 19 April 2019 in the European Journal of Applied Physiology by authors from the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports in Magglingen
where it says:
«A simple chest strap such as the Polar H10 might be recommended as the gold standard for RR interval assessments if intense activities with strong body movements are investigated»
But according to the g.tec medical support, «g.tec does not know of a manufaturer who has solved the problem of ECG motion artifacts, they only can be reduced.»
But if Polar would have solved this problem with the Polar H10 chest strap, whould g.tec medical not recommend the Polar H10 chest strap? But they did not.
Different information can be found in this paper:
«Accuracy of commercially available heart rate monitors in athletes: a prospective study:»
The paper was published in August 2019 in Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. by authors from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio:
Using a 3 lead ECG in this fashion is considered the gold standard for HR measurement (9)
- The Mason-Likar electrode placement was used and allowed for the assessment of modified leads I, II, and III.
- The ECG was monitored on a Quinton Q-tel RMS telemetry system and
- ECG-based HR was determined by visual assessment by trained research personnel.
- Using a 3 lead ECG in this fashion is considered the gold standard for HR measurement (9)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6732081
- Lin LI. A concordance correlation coefficient to evaluate reproducibility. Biometrics 1989;45:255-68. 10.2307/2532051
We have listed these papers also in our review:
For a more detailed discussion about this topic check the scientific literature.
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