White Paper: Oxa HR and HRV measurement validation
Our philosophy is to base the creation of product features, exercises and analytics on recent research in human physiology. We decided to publish some of this work in the form of white papers and make it accessible to you.
Enjoy the scientific dive into Oxa’s technology development!
Evaluation of Oxa for Cardiac Activity and Autonomous Nervous System Monitoring
This paper demonstrates the reliability and robustness of Oxa in collecting ECG signals and monitoring heart rate and its variability compared to a medical gold standard ECG monitoring system (AMEDTEC ECGpro systems).
- Oxa and 2 of the most widely used smartwatch models were tested versus medical grade ECG. Smartwatches 1 and 2 had mean differences of up to 14 and 8 BPM at various resting scenarios, standard deviations to their individual averages of 19 and 7 with minor activity and were in many cases deviating by over 20BPM, while Oxa never deviated by more than 1BPM from the medical system.
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Get the Oxa Sensor and your choice of garment - lounge-wear shirt, bra, or adjustable chest strap. Your purchase includes access to the Oxa app which gives personalized data summaries and insights, as well as access to breathing exercises to teach you how to harness the power of your own breath.
