Re: Handheld heart rate transmitters

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

This is a good point!  My horse has an irregular heartbeat...he throws in
an extra beat now and then.  The vets have told me it is a "normal"
arrythmia and nothing to worry about.  However, I always want them to know
about it so that if something changes during the course of a ride, we have
a baseline.  They could not detect changes if they used a monitor alone.  I
don't rely on mine...I use my good old stethoscope to listen to my horse's
heart...it tells me what I need to know!!
Maggie

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> From: Wolfgang Schwingenheuer <WSAbg@t-online.de>
> To: eddie spurgeon <espurgeon@hotmail.com>
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:   Handheld heart rate transmitters
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 6:19 AM
> 
> eddie spurgeon wrote:
> 
> > >They do some sort of sampling and averaging, don't they?
> > >
> > >   Anyhow, their use introduces the possibility of loose
> > electrodes, etc. I
> > >  really don't see how the use of an intelligent human is a
> > problem.
> > >               --CMNewell, DVM
> >
> > How about that little hand-held monitor?  I haven't heard much
> > about them,
> > seems like just the thing for P&R persons.
> >
> > Jackie Baker
> >
> > *********************************************************************
> >
> > Our club, Texas Arabian Distance Riders Association bought 3 of the
hand
> > held heart rate transmitters two years ago, thinking that this would
help us
> > in our P/R checks at Frigid Digit and Texas Bluebonnet Classic rides.
Didn't
> > really work too good. At the winter ride we needed to keep a liberal
coating
> > of gel on the transmitter to get them to work at all and at the spring
ride,
> > if the horse was really sweated up, they worked, kinda'. My conclusion
is
> > that they are not suited for P/R at rides, there is a lag and averaging
> > phase which slows things down somewhat. This is not intended to knock
the
> > product, I'm sure there are many ways this product can be usefull, but
> > didn't work out as a control check device during the rides.
> >
> > Eddie Spurgeon
> > Manager, Texas Bluebonnet Classic
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> one point is not discussed when talking about heart rate monitors: They
are just
> electronics, able to count an electric signal. What they can't do is to
hear
> abnormalities in the heart sound, irregular beats as well as un unsteady
pulse
> (which average might be  ok).
> Heart rate monitors are perfect for training as well as for competition
to have
> an idea of the heart rate. But you should use them as a kind of
tachometer. You
> have to listen to the whole horse, heart rate is not everything.
> At the vetcheck the p/r- person or vet is able to hear a lot more than
just the
> beat - an electronic equipment can't.
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Wolfgang + Ninja (wired for 6 years now)
> Germany
> 
> 
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