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All research articles

Here you can find all articles published by the Terra Research team. All articles consist of original findings.

Oura Ring Series

Is Consistency Actually More Important Than Intensity?

Is Consistency Actually More Important Than Intensity?

In this report, we reveal why high-step users averaging 11,500+ daily steps succeed: consistency. Their 36% activity var...

October 23, 2025

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Which activity metrics actually matter? 28,000+ days analysed

Which activity metrics actually matter? 28,000+ days analysed

Smart rings track five different activity metrics, but they don't always align. Drawing on nearly 28,000 days of user da...

October 9, 2025

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Burn More Calories, Sleep Like a Log?

Burn More Calories, Sleep Like a Log?

An analysis of 1,000+ Oura ring users examined the relationship between daily calorie expenditure and sleep metrics. Act...

October 2, 2025

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GAMM analysis – can complexity tell us anything we don’t already know?

GAMM analysis – can complexity tell us anything we don’t already know?

Based on an analysis of nearly 90,000 nights, the connection between sleep duration and next-morning HRV is minimal for...

September 25, 2025

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Think a good HRV score follows a good night’s sleep? Think again!

Think a good HRV score follows a good night’s sleep? Think again!

Despite their perceived link, sleep and HRV are only weakly correlated. The analysis of nearly 90,000 nights showed that...

September 20, 2025

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Descriptive HRV using Z scores

Descriptive HRV using Z scores

Based on an analysis of nearly 100,000 HRV records, this report reveals that most daily HRV changes are small, but large...

September 19, 2025

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Why Mondays Might Be Your Healthiest Day: What 1,000+ Sleepers Taught Us About Recovery

Why Mondays Might Be Your Healthiest Day: What 1,000+ Sleepers Taught Us About Recovery

At Terra, we recently ran an analysis on wearable data from over a thousand (Oura) users, focusing on two key metrics: s...

September 18, 2025

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