title: A handle electrode system for measuring heart rate while riding a bicycle.
abstract: In this paper, a handle-electrode system is proposed for obtaining the heart rate of a user while riding a bicycle. The system was designed to measure the user's heart rate by only gripping the handle of a bicycle. Three electrodes made from conductive cloth were adhered to the handle. A method detecting heart-rate from the obtained electrocardiogram was also proposed. To assess the applicability of the proposed system, a simple experiment was performed. The experiment was performed in four conditions of road surfaces; lawn, asphalt, a tiled, and an uneven road. Experimental result suggests that the proposed system can be useful for obtaining R waves while riding a bicycle.
authors.affiliation: Master's Program in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Ishizaka, Hatoyama, Hiki, Saitama 350-0394, Japan. trick@lsi.f.dendai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Sosuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshino
mesh_terms: D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*