Research

Emphasis on research

Firstbeat products are convergent with accepted scientific background on human physiology, in particular in the fields of research on cardiovascular function and autonomic nervous system (ANS), exercise physiology, and psychophysiology.

We participate in research projects and support the use of our heart beat analysis products in both basic research and applied research with specific targets. Firstbeat is co-working with University research partners and research Institutions to further develop our products and to gain validation information on the use of our products.

As a company, Firstbeat Technologies Ltd. has a strong research background. Firstbeat is an R&D spin-off from KIHU - Research Institute for Olympic Sports, located in Jyväskylä, Finland.

The development of scientific understanding for our products covers more than 20 years of research, during which professor Heikki Rusko has supervised research on the measurement of autonomic nervous system (ANS) function and applied use in exercise physiology and worksite measurements. In particular, research has covered following fields:

• Indirect heart beat based measurement of autonomic nervous system function: quantitative methods, laboratory validation of ANS markers
• Endurance (aerobic) training: Training, performance and recovery from exercise
• Athlete overtraining: physiology, measurement and prediction
• Laboratory stress measurement: Psychophysiology of stress and burn-out
• Worksite employee heart beat based stress measurement methods: Applied field studies
• Mathematical modeling of complex physiological signals

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