Key result
Integrating heart rate variability with accelerometry and continuous blood pressure provides a more comprehensive assessment of respiratory sinus arrhythmia and arterial baroreflex for fatigue monitoring.
Why the study?
Heart rate variability is most often used as a standalone measure without the integration of complementary data.
Integrating heart rate variability with multi-signal data like accelerometry and continuous blood pressure could significantly enhance fatigue assessment and training recommendations in both elite and recreational sports.
Heart rate variability (HRV) is most often used as a standalone, without integration of complementary data. Yet these data are at our fingertips, and a revolution might be just around the corner. This perspective article gives insight on how integrating accelerometery and continuous blood pressure and extracting ventilatory variables may improve the use of HRV, taking it to a whole new level for elite and recreational sports, assessing fatigue, and intensity domains. Also, the use of mass data could lead to seamless measurements as precise and relevant as in elite sports, which could be made available to the public for health assessment and follow-up.
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Bourdillon et al. (2026) conducted a review in Sports performance and fatigue monitoring. Multi-signal integration (HRV, accelerometry, continuous blood pressure) vs. Standalone HRV was evaluated. Integrating heart rate variability with accelerometry and continuous blood pressure provides a more comprehensive assessment of respiratory sinus arrhythmia and arterial baroreflex for fatigue monitoring.
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