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Oura Team

Oura was founded in Finland in 2013 with a singular focus: to improve the way we live our lives. United by a shared mission to empower people to own their potential, the Oura Team is made up of scientists, engineers, data analysts, researchers, health writers, and more. We are here to help you navigate the vulnerability of health through personal guidance, and we all are unwavering in our commitment to accuracy, validation, and design.

Oura Helps Athletes Maximize Performance With HRV4Training

Marco Altini is the founder of HRV4Training, an app and web platform that combines training load with heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) data from devices like Oura to help athletes monitor the effectiveness of their training routines. 

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Oura Ring Used In Innovative Fertility Research

Researchers in the Kriegsfeld Lab at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) discovered that by looking at Oura Ring patterns for the first 1-2 weeks of the menstrual cycle, they could anticipate the LH surge days in advance for 100% of participants.

The WNBA And Oura Celebrate A Covid-Free Season

The WNBA hit a slam dunk with their COVID-19 safety protocols—they managed to run their entire 5 month season without a single COVID case. How? With rigorous policies that encircled 400 people into a single social bubble that required daily testing, meticulous entering or exiting protocols, and Oura Rings.

What if Social Distancing is Good For Our Health?

After pulling together past research and insights from 2020, we’ve compiled patterns that may help us better understand the pandemic’s impact on our bodies. These patterns are not intended to be end results but rather conversation starters for our future health and lifestyle decisions.

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How Oura Ring Data Could Help Identify Early COVID-19 Symptoms

Early results from a large-scale COVID-19 study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), TemPredict, reveal that the Oura Ring's continuous temperature monitoring could make it an effective tool for fever monitoring and early illness detection. 

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