Cited by 65Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlECG Monitoring and Analysis

Wrist-worn optical and chest strap heart rate comparison in a heterogeneous sample of healthy individuals and in coronary artery disease patients

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Sartor, Francesco, Gelissen, Jos, van Dinther, Ralph, Roovers, David, Papini, Gabriele B., Coppola, Giuseppe·2018·BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

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BACKGROUND: The need for unobtrusive HR (heart rate) monitoring has led to the development of a new generation of strapless HR monitors. The aim of this study was to determine whether such an unobtrusive, wrist-worn optical HR monitor (OHRM) could be equivalent and therefore a valid alternative to a traditional chest strap during a broad range of activities in a heterogeneous healthy population and coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. METHODS: One hundred ninety-nine healthy volunteers, 84 males and 115 females, including 35 overweight-obese subjects, 53 pregnant women, and 20 CAD patients were tested in the present study. Second-by-second HR measured by the OHRM was concurrently evaluated against an ECG-based chest strap monitor during a broad range of activities (i.e., walking, running, cycling, gym, household, and sedentary activities). RESULTS: Data coverage, percentage of time the OHRM provides a HR not larger than 10 bpm from the reference, went from a minimum of 92% of the time in the least periodic activity (i.e., gym), to 95% during the most intense activity (i.e., running), and to a maximum of 98% for sedentary activities. The limits of agreement of the difference between the OHRM and the chest strap HR were within the range of ±15 bpm. The OHRM showed a concordance correlation coefficient of 0.98. Overall, the mean absolute error was not larger than 3 bpm, which can be considered clinically acceptable for a number of applications. A similar performance was found for CAD (94.2% coverage, 2.4 bpm error), but the small sample size does not allow any quantitative comparison. CONCLUSION: Heart rate measured by OHRM at the wrist and ECG-based HR measured via a traditional chest strap are acceptably close in a broad range of activities in a heterogeneous, healthy population, and showed initial promising results also in CAD patients.

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Authors
Sartor, F., Gelissen, J., van Dinther, R., Roovers, D., Papini, G. B., & Coppola, G.
Affiliations
Philips (Netherlands) (NL)
Corresponding author
Sartor, Francesco
Venue
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Published
2018-05-31
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
10-10
ISSN
2052-1847 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2805787563
Cited by
65
References
38
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FWCI
2.80
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journal article
Language
en
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Funders
Philips
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › ECG Monitoring and Analysis
Keywords
heart rate monitoring, coronary artery disease, measurement agreement, physical activity, sedentary behavior, pregnant women, wearable sensors

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