Title Validity of a Smartphone Application in Calculating Measures of Heart Rate Variability.
Author Himariotis, Andreas T; Coffey, Kyle F; Noel, Sabrina E; Cornell, David J
Journal Sensors (Basel) Publication Year/Month 2022-Dec
PMID 36560256 PMCID PMC9787958
Affiliation + expend 1.Health Assessment Laboratory, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.

The purpose of the current study was to determine the concurrent validity of the Elite HRV smartphone application when calculating heart rate variability (HRV) metrics in reference to an independent software criterion. A total of 5 minutes of R-R interval and natural log of root mean square of the successive differences (lnRMSSD) resting HRV data were simultaneously collected using two Polar H10 heart rate monitors (HRMs) in both the seated and supine positions from 22 participants (14 males, 8 females). One H10 HRM was paired with a Polar V800 watch and one with the Elite HRV application. When no artifact correction was applied, significant, but small, differences in the lnRMSSD data were observed between the software in the seated position (p = 0.022), and trivial and nonstatistically significant differences were observed in the supine position (p = 0.087). However, significant differences (p > 0.05) in the lnRMSSD data were no longer identifiable in either the seated or the supine positions when applying Very Low, Low, or Automatic artifact-correction filters. Additionally, excellent agreements (ICC3,1 = 0.938 - 0.998) and very strong to near-perfect (r = 0.889 - 0.997) relationships were observed throughout all correction levels. The Elite HRV smartphone application is a valid tool for calculating resting lnRMSSD HRV metrics.

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