Investigation of Relation between Sport's Motion and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Based on Biometric Parameters

Abstract

Heart rate is the most important biometric data for human. Most of the human life status, such as stress, emotion, fatigue and others can be detected by monitoring and analyzing the heart rate. Heart rate has always been converted into Heart Rate Variability (HRV) due to the reason of HRV is a good indicator in identifying the condition of an individual during the sporting and training. HRV can be calculated easily by obtaining the values of RR intervals, where RR interval is the interval between the successive heartbeats. Thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship between the biometric parameters (heart rate and HRV) and the motions. Two categories of sport motion, which are slow and fast motions (each with backhand lift, forehand lift and forehand smash), had been considered in this study. It is found that most of the motions are positively correlated with heart rate but negatively correlated with HRV. Also, each fast motion is found to have a higher correlation with the HRV if compared with those of slow motion. Obviously, the pattern of motion is significant in affecting the biometric parameters especially the HRV.