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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

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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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