HRV? What does Heart Rate Variability actually measure
HRV scores your ability to stay resilient, to stabilize heart, to recover, deep sleep and so much more
It's the body's performance metric.
18% increase in HRV and 61% increase in vagal parasympathetic activity compared to placebo (PLOS ONE journals)
Scientific Explanation
RMSSD measures HRV (heart rate variability) and is sensitive to parasympathetic changes. A high level indicates a favorable shift in your nervous system balance toward parasympathetic dominance, boosting the body's psychophysiological self-repair mechanism and nervous system resilience.
In a two-stage trial, Nuropod neuromodulation produced 61% increase in vagal tone (HF power), and 18% increase in HRV. These effects persisted beyond the trial, demonstrating a carry-over effect.
The hidden system underpinning HRV – parasympathetic activation
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Research-Driven Impact
Nuropod is clinically validated to create immediate, meaningful shifts in the autonomic and inflammatory systems:
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Bryan Johnson enhances HRV with Nuropod
"When it comes to anxiety the papers I've looked at do provide evidence of support that transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation is effective at improving parasympathetic drive, it can reduce fatigue and personally I've seen this improves my HRV when using this device."
Dr. James Gill
Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School
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Framework: Activate. Execute. Recover. Reset.
Activate: clarity, neural drive, movement quality
Execute: stability under fatigue and pressure
Recover: fast parasympathetic rebound, tissue protection
Reset: long-term resilience and predictable performance windows
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Meet the Doctors
A practicing health professional of psychiatry, Elisabetta has an MBA from INSEAD Business School, and experience in direct user care, neuroscience research, communication and management. Dr. Burchi is a physician-scientist, working with Parasym in scientific affairs with a track record of publishing in the most important scientific journals such as The Lancet, writing successful grant proposals for the NIH, and leading the production of editorial, clinical, regulatory and promotional material in collaborative multidisciplinary teams. Dr. Burchi has also coordinated scientific studies and implemented a tele-medicine practice which received a certification of excellence among more than 100,000 professionals.