Early Detection of Health Issues: For indication of arrhythmias, tachycardia, bradycardia, or other heart rhythm disorders.
Exercise Intensity: During physical activity, It helps individuals ensure they are working out at an appropriate level, avoiding overexertion, and optimizing their fitness routine to adjust their workout intensity to stay within safe and target heart rate zones.
Stress Management: To help individuals identify their stress levels and practice stress-reducing techniques.
Sleep Quality: Provides insights into sleep patterns and overall sleep quality.
Medication Efficacy: Helps assess the effectiveness of the treatment. It allows healthcare providers to adjust medication dosages as needed.
Remote Health Monitoring: With the advancement of wearable devices and remote health monitoring technologies, heart rate monitoring can be done remotely, allowing healthcare professionals to track patients' cardiovascular health more efficiently.
PPG is a non-invasive optical technique used to measure changes in blood volume in peripheral tissues. During each heartbeat, there is a change in blood volume in the arteries, which affects the amount of light absorbed and transmitted through the tissue. The detected light changes are converted into an electrical signal, and the PPG sensor processes the signal to calculate the heart rate based on the frequency of these variations.
ECG is a more direct and accurate method for measuring heart rate. It records the electrical signals generated by the heart as it contracts and relaxes by placing electrodes on the body. The electrical signals are amplified and recorded as a graph known as an electrocardiogram.