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For some years I have tracked my AF using a Polar chest band, which dumps heart rate records into my phone via bluetooth. Then I ship it to a server in influxdb
by abraae 7y ago
For some years I have tracked my AF using a Polar chest band, which dumps heart rate records into my phone via bluetooth. Then I ship it to a server in influxdb and render it with grafana.
It's all very non-medically approved but I have found it super useful to see the benefits of exercise (in my case anyway) in managing and somewhat taming my out of rhythm periods. I can get an idea how hard to push my heart before it goes out.
- tjohns 7y agoCan you actually visualize the heart rhythm using a Polar band? For some reason, I always thought they only sent the pulse rate. Or are you able to detect AFib using pulse rate alone?
- robbiep 7y agoIt’s what a doctor does (at patients bedside, without ecg) - irregularly irregular; fast or slow, high degree of accuracy
- rfergie 7y agoNewish Polar bands (H10, maybe H7) send data on each beat. There are apps that use this to track heart rate variability (the variance in the gap between heart beats) which can be used as a measure of "readiness" in athletes
- abraae 7y agoYes, it is clearly obvious just from pulse rate when my heart goes out of rhythm.The rate suddenly spikes and becomes highly variable. It's just as obvious when it drops back into rhythm. For me, that's typically a few minutes or hours after it goes out.
- ianai 7y agoHow dramatic or not are the affects on the rhythm of exercise?
- lostlogin 7y agoIt’s not what your asking, but having tried to exercise when in AF it’s horrible. A steam engine with a hole in the boiler is what it feels like, but with more sweat.
- dharma1 7y agojust to understand - do you use this to avoid out of rhythm periods when excercising (by monitoring your heart rate), and then to have some evidence of less and less AF over time, thanks to the excercise?
- abraae 7y agoYes, exactly. Not a doctor but my AF responds well to exercise, I just need to keep it below the level that makes my heart go out.