I am doing medical research on the use and utility of heart rate
monitors (eg Polar) and am looking for the total market size, growth
rate and market share for the largest players in this sector.

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 06 Nov 2002 02:06 PST

Shalon,
Well, it sure seems my snooping didn’t find anything free. I could
find only the two research sites which offer the market information
you may need for pay. And at a steep price too (eek!).

Medical Devices at Frost.com - paid market information 
http://www.frost.com/prod/portal.nsf/LuVerticalPortals/MedicalDevices?OpenDocument

Market Research and Analysis at Mindbrach
http://www.mindbranch.com/

This one I included in case you want to know what are the most popular
monitors on the market.

Exercise.about.com - Top 5 Heart Rate Monitors according to guide
Paige Waehner
http://exercise.about.com/cs/toppicks/tp/HRM.htm

Hopefully, this’ll give you a lead on where else to find what you
need.

Techtor

Shalon,

So far, all I could find using Google is a report on the Heart rate
monitor market at consumersearch.com, though all mentions that may be
significant is that Polar has 80% of the market share. Other brands
are mentioned but in order of preference than in market share.

Consumersearch - Heart Rate Monitors Reviews and Reports
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/health_and_fitness/heart_rate_monitors/fullstory.html

Let see snoop some more to find something else.

techtor