Resting Heart Rate (HRest)

It means the number of times heart beats per minute at complete rest. During daytime and at rest there are 70-75 heart beats per minute, but the rate between 60 and 100 can be considered normal. Under one year of age the rate between 100 -160 is normal, between 1-12 year old children it is between 60-140/min. In case of adults this rate is between 60-100/min and athletes produce rates between 40-60/min. There are athletes whose heart rate is 50/min. The fitter athletes are the more effectively their heart beats and pumps blood. The higher resting heart rate is the more intensively heart works. As children grow their resting heart rate is decreasing, by the age between 12- 15 this rate will similar to that of the adults. Resting heart rate can be considered normal if it decreases within normal province. If this scale is considerably higher it indicates cardiovascular abnormalities.