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

• Main Authors: Francesco Sartor (Author), Jos Gelissen (Author), Ralph van Dinther (Author), David Roovers (Author), Gabriele B. Papini (Author), Giuseppe Coppola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract 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 alternat...