“Do the activity trackers with heart rate monitors work if you have a pacemaker? I have a pacemaker and wonder if the fitness activity trackers that have heart rate monitors would work if I have a pacemaker. I have had a fitbit in the past and it worked fine.....but it did not have a heart rate monitor. I had asked my cardiologist and he didn't think that it would interfere with the pacemaker....but I need to know if the pacemaker will interfere with the heart rate monitor of these items.”
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There is nothing about these bands that should interfere with a pace maker as they simply monitor your blood flow in your wrist and use clever algorithms to figure out things like effective heart rate, blood oxygen levels, etc. I wouldn't wear a chest HR monitor, however, without first asking your doctor -- it too is purely external and "just sits there" but the electronics in the sensor would be much closer to your pacemaker -- definitely a question for your cardiologist if you go this route! (I prefer the chest HR monitor for my workouts because it is a far more accurate device for strenuous workouts). The wrist HR devices (so far) work best for "steady motion" such as walking, jogging -- erratic motion (lifting weights, aggressive aerobics, etc. seem to cause a lot of misreadings).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The best advice would be with uncertainty, don't use it. You might be better off with a Fitbit tracker as they use LED lights to measure heart rate, while the UP3 will use bio-impedance to measure it.
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