Hearth Rate Monitor for Athletes and Patients
Medical professionals usually need to measure the heart rate of their patient to help them in making the diagnosis and hunting down the health check. Athletes and people who like to do sport will use monitor heart rate to obtain the most efficient result from their trainings.
Heart rate is the amount of heartbeats per minute. This can be described as the requirement of oxygen alteration that needed by the body. This is usually measured during exercise and sleep. There is a device called Hearth Rate Monitor, which is a monitor that can be operated personal and measure the heart rate. The model of this monitor that existed on early time is a box of monitor with complete package of electrode leads that connected to the person’s chest. After the time is going, technology invented the monitor of heart rate of wireless, this was found in 1977. This device is popular among athletes, especially the Ski athletes at that time.
Today’s monitor commonly consists of two parts: a band transmitter that positioned on chest and a receiver that positioned on wrist. In certain model of device, it can also show other measures such as, calories burned, breathing rate and speed and distance.