There are three major scientific papers that have been the start point and inspiration of our approach and theoretical basis of our concepts and methods in peak performance and wellness. These articles have been the starting point in their references for the over 500 scientific articles that we have read on the subject to broaden our scope, understanding and enable us to bridge gaps between disciplines and continents. This solid theoretical background has then been confronted and refined by thousands of HRV readings with our medical, coaching and therapeutic partners over the last four years. It gives us a unique model and a powerful insight into the integration of human psychology and physiology that enables us to pinpoint optimum wellness and peak performance.

♥ Heart rate variability - Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use
Task Force of The European Society of Cardiology and The North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology 1996
The world authority on the technical characteristics of heart rate variability. These findings have never been questioned on their pertinence since publishing.

♥ Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Chapter 15 of 24 - A Neurovisceral Integration Model of Health Disparities in Aging
CPOP - The National Academies 2004 (dept. to impact on health strategy)
The role of heart rate variability in a global model of understanding of health inequalities in the U.S.A. Heart rate variability, of all the available health techniques is by far the best marker of global health

♥ The Role of Heart Rate Variability in Prognosis for Different Modes of Death in Chronic Heart Failure
Gavin Richard H. Sandercock; David A. Brodie 2006
The pertinence and the use of the different available HRV measures to diagnose causes of mortality and morbidity. The minute differences of inter-beat intervals is a reliable marker for different pathologies.