Investigating Sources of Inaccuracy in Wearable Optical Heart Rate Sensors

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Investigating sources of inaccuracy in wearable optical heart rate sensors

As wearable technologies are being increasingly used for clinical research and healthcare, it is critical to understand their accuracy and determine how measurement errors may affect research conclusions and impact healthcare decision-making. Accuracy of wearable technologies has been a hotly debated topic in both the research and popular science literature. Currently, wearable technology companies are responsible for assessing and reporting the…

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