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Isn't it possible to estimate breathing rate with any optical heart rate monitor? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoplethysmogram#Monitoring_..., afaik that's how Fitbit, Apple Watch etc do it



Yes it's common to estimate breathing rate based on the oscillations in the heart rate pattern. But estimating it from the chest expansion is a more direct method




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