Validity of the Polar V800 heart rate monitor for assessing cardiac autonomic control in individuals with spinal cord injury

• Main Authors: Patrícia Castro (Author), Arthur de Sá Ferreira (Author), Agnaldo José Lopes (Author), Tainah de Paula (Author), Roberto Miranda Ramos Costa (Author), Felipe A. Cunha (Author), Patrícia dos Santos Vigário (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Aim: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with changes in cardiac autonomic control, that can be evaluated by heart rate variability (HRV), for which the electrocardiogram (ECG) is the gold standard. However, the use of ECG is limited to laboratory environments, and new tools are needed f...