Validity of the Wrist-Worn Polar Vantage V2 to Measure Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability at Rest
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Overview
2.3. HRV Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Laboratory Recordings
3.2. Nocturnal Recordings
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pooled 5-min Results (n = 11344) | |
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PPG, PP interval (ms) | 1022.9 ± 181.1 |
HRS, RR interval (ms) | 1022.7 ± 179.8 |
Bias (ms) | 0.2 ± 22.8 |
MAE (ms) | 10.7 ± 20.2 |
MAPE (%) | 1.1 ± 2.0 |
PPG Mean | HRS Mean | Bias | MAE | MAPE | ICC | CCC | |
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5-min segment (n = 39) | |||||||
HR (bpm) | 58.6 ± 9.5 | 58.6 ± 9.5 | 0.0 ± 0.1 | 0.0 ± 0.1 | 0.04 ± 0.08 | 1.000 *** | 1.000 |
LnRMSSD (ms) | 4.01 ± 0.48 | 3.82 ± 0.51 | 0.19 ± 0.21 *** | 0.20 ± 0.20 | 5.57 ± 6.14 | 0.913 *** | 0.849 |
4-h segment (n = 29) | |||||||
HR (bpm) | 53.8 ± 9.2 | 54.5 ± 9.0 | −0.7 ± 0.6 *** | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 1.49 ± 1.01 | 0.998 *** | 0.995 |
LnRMSSD (ms) | 4.06 ± 0.47 | 3.90 ± 0.61 | 0.17 ± 0.20 *** | 0.17 ± 0.20 | 5.23 ± 7.36 | 0.931 *** | 0.890 |
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Nuuttila, O.-P.; Korhonen, E.; Laukkanen, J.; Kyröläinen, H. Validity of the Wrist-Worn Polar Vantage V2 to Measure Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability at Rest. Sensors 2022, 22, 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010137
Nuuttila O-P, Korhonen E, Laukkanen J, Kyröläinen H. Validity of the Wrist-Worn Polar Vantage V2 to Measure Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability at Rest. Sensors. 2022; 22(1):137. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010137
Chicago/Turabian StyleNuuttila, Olli-Pekka, Elisa Korhonen, Jari Laukkanen, and Heikki Kyröläinen. 2022. "Validity of the Wrist-Worn Polar Vantage V2 to Measure Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability at Rest" Sensors 22, no. 1: 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010137