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How does Autonom Health – Heart Rate Variability differ from other systems on the market?

One can measure heart rate variability (HRV) in different ways. The question is, how great, how simple and how reliable is the benefit of the measurements and, above all, how valid are the results?
Autonom Health’s highly accurate 24/7 monitoring allows you to capture and manage current performance 5 minutes in real time. We have learned over the years what health is, how to measure it and how to improve it. Users and healthcare providers benefit from this know-how and the technologies developed from it.

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Measuring range

Spot pulse measurements are often taken at the wrist.

Smartwatches measure with reflected light, i.e. not electrically but optically. A pulse wave is detected that has no peak and changes depending on the movement and posture of the arm. So you can measure average pulse values but you can’t get raw data for heart rate variability (HRV).

Optical “beat-to-beat measurements” provide neither accurate nor reliable data and are usually unsuitable for longer tracking in everyday life. See also: “Heart rate variability analysis and data quality evaluation in non-invasive wearable biosensors.”

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Measuring range

We perform HRV measurements in the immediate vicinity of the heart via detection of the R-waves in the ECG – 1000 times per second!

Raw data for heart rate variability (HRV) can only be obtained using an ECG with an appropriate sampling rate. HRV is considered the key technology for health management of the future.

ECG accurate 24 hour measurement with activity capture, comprehensive automated high-exact performance analysis, explanations and personalized recommendations.

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Filter systems

Artifacts and/or extrasystoles occur during every measurement and falsify the measurement results without an appropriate filter system.

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Filter systems

Our multiple filter system ensures that no cardiac arrhythmias and artifacts influence the analyses.

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Measuring time

The shorter the measurement, the more vague the statements made. A 3-minute measurement with optical sensor is contrary to the guidelines of the Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.

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Measuring time

A HRV short-term measurement is not comparable to an ECG-accurate 24h measurement with comprehensive automated high-exact performance analysis, explanations and personalized recommendations.

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Everyday suitability

Measurements from one provider provide usable data while you sleep. However, since measurements are made optically, the device and software are neither intended nor suitable for tracking in everyday life.

An ECG-accurate measurement with a watch on the wrist is only possible at rest and when you hold a finger on the crown. Thus 24/7 HRV monitoring is not possible.

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Everyday suitability

Our measuring devices can be used reliably in any everyday situation (incl. showering, swimming, sauna, etc.).

We use HRV devices or chest belts, which are firmly connected with electrodes to the upper body of the person being measured. These provide measurements suitable for everyday use with clean results.

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Results

Many providers show a few parameters, sometimes only one, and also do not explain the meaning of these values. There are also no recommendations.

Self-invented parameters of some providers confuse.

Results are usually presented in the form of a few numbers.

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Results

We offer detailed explanations and recommendations and combine all relevant HRV parameters into easily understandable statements. You can see exactly how you feel during individual activities and what that means for your own health.

All HRV parameters we use are 100% compliant with the guidelines of the Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology for performing and analyzing HRV measurements.

It’s not just the data. It’s much more about what you make of it. We provide 5-minute accurate performance analysis with algorithms based on physiological laws.

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Sports measurements

Measurements taken during a workout and/or short-time measurements taken in the morning provide only limited insight into the actual condition of the person being measured.

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Sports measurements

Repeated 24h measurements and hard indices developed specifically for sports analyze the quality of training, recovery and the effects of all life circumstances.

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Peer group relevance

Measurement results are not correlated for age and sex.

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Peer group relevance

HRV data, unlike most other medical findings, show strong age and gender dependence. This is reflected in Autonom Health’s analyses. All collected data and results are peer group correlated.

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Intraindividual longitudinal section

There is no reference to the respective activities of a measurement and also not to the course of several measurements.

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Intraindividual longitudinal section

The second indispensable pillar of correct HRV diagnostics is the “intraindividual longitudinal section”. Autonom Health incorporates the artificial intelligence of its algorithms into the results of its own previous measurements, enabling a new level of accuracy.

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Database

There is a lack of reference databases and transparency of analysis processes.

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Database

Autonom Health has the largest specific database on HRV long-term measurements.

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Expertise

Isolated groups of individual areas such as technology or sports work in the field of HRV. Medical expertise is often lacking.

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Expertise

The Autonom Health team – medical doctors, psychologists and natural scientists – has been working together with experts in biosignal processing, IT and technology to make the best use of HRV for almost two decades.

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Data protection and data security

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Data protection and data security

Autonom Health does not share data with third parties. Data does not go to USA.

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Purpose

Some providers focus on prevention. That is, it looks for diseases or risk factors. Essentially, these are cardiac arrhythmias, and in particular atrial fibrillation.

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Purpose

We can do that too, but we see this more as additional information. We are concerned with exploring what health is, how to measure it, and how to sustainably improve it. We are in the midst of a necessary change from disease management to health management. This happens not only for medical reasons, but also for economic reasons.

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Transparency

The interpretation of the results is the responsibility of the physician or coach.

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Transparency

HRV must not become a “secret science” with its own interpretations. We have been providing comprehensive HRV training for years and have certified more than 1,100 people as HRV professionals.