FITNESS SCORE ASSESSMENT BASED ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY ANALYSIS DURING ORTHOSTATIC INTERVENTION

• US 20120108916A1
• Filed: 10/31/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RIFTINE, ALEXANDER
• Original Assignee: RIFTINE, ALEXANDER
• Inventors: RIFTINE, ALEXANDER
• Granted Patent: US 8,682,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0468 Built-in electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4884 inducing physiological or psychological stress, e.g. applications for stress testing

Abstract

This invention relates to fitness monitors and the like. This invention is more particularly directed to a device and a method for facilitating quantitative evaluation of level of physical fitness (fitness score) including a PC or handheld, or watch type electronic device having input and output means based on formulas for calculating level of physical fitness through heart rate variability analysis during orthostatic intervention by assessing two main parameters, such as level of adaptation reserve and wellness level.

Claims

1. A hand-held or watch type device for use in completely self-guided fitness score evaluation comprising of:

1.1 A portable device including a memory, a microprocessor, a power source, R-wave, or Pulse-wave generating and transmitting device (any heart rate monitor produced by Polar or any other company), input/output interface for a user to input data and view outputs including results from processing the input data according to predetermined formulas relating to fitness score evaluation for at least one individual;

1.2 Software capable of running on the device for automatically calculating predetermined, select formulas associated with factors relevant to at least one individual'"'"'s physical fitness;

1.3 The device is capable of automatically generating the outputs;

1.4 The outputs are capable of being provided in a printable format for providing a hard copy;

1.5 The software includes the formulas in an executable format when data is input by the user for the automatic calculation of select, predetermined factors relevant for an individual'"'"'s fitness score evaluation and testing;

1.6 The outputs are diagnostic physical fitness indicators presented on a graph.

2. A method of assessment of the effectiveness of the body'"'"'s regulatory mechanisms based on the principles of optimum and equilibrium status during any intervention and as a result representing on a system of two coordinates full range of subregions related to different levels of discrepancy between optimum and equilibrium status. A method is represented by a graph, where:

x-axis reflects the optimum level of regulatory mechanisms on a stage before intervention. The bigger the value of the x-axis, the more optimum the level of regulatory mechanisms is. The smaller the value, the less optimum the level of the regulatory mechanisms. The best optimum level is usually identified in healthy people who regularly exercise and have a great genetic ability.

y-axis reflects the equilibrium level of regulatory mechanisms. The bigger the value, the less the equilibrium level meaning that there is a high level of discrepancy of regulatory mechanism before and after intervention.

3. A method of assessment of fitness score by heart rate variability analysis during orthostatic intervention through calculation of two main parameters—

wellness level which is based on the claimed above general principles of optimum and equilibrium and level of adaptation reserve—

comprising of the steps of;

3.1 A method of dividing of the area on the graph of optimum and equilibrium into 32 subregions related to our particular method of intervention—

orthostatic intervention.

3.2 A method of translating numbers of subregions into 13 wellness levels, which in essence is assessment of the effectiveness of the body'"'"'s regulatory mechanisms during orthostatic intervention and displaying it in graphical representation;

3.3 A method of assessment of the level of adaptation reserve based on analysis of the transition period between supine and upright position during orthostatic intervention, which determines adaptability of the myocardium and compensatory ability of the peripheral vascular system, comprising of the steps of;

3.3.1 A method of representing types of transition period between supine and upright position into five group with different relationship between 1st and 2^nd phase of the transition period;

3.3.2 A method of determining 5 types of transition period by 27 conditions of the next 4 parameters;

C1, C2, Iot and C1-C2;

3.3.3 A method of translating these 27 conditions of transition period into 7 levels of adaptation reserve reflected on the graph;

3.4 A method of combining and translating these two separately calculated parameters (wellness level and level of adaptation reserve) in order to determine the fitness score for a particular individual;

3.5 Outputting this result of our method with individual fitness score in graphical as well as numerical format for convenient use.