HRV

Heart Rate Variability

Health

Short definition

Heart rate variability — variation in inter-beat intervals.

Full definition

HRV is the variation in RR intervals; high HRV reflects good parasympathetic tone and recovery, low HRV signals stress or overtraining. Used to monitor readiness; common indices RMSSD, SDNN, LF/HF.

Examples

Morning RMSSD 60 — good training readiness.

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