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This study aims to analyze spontaneous occurrences of CLC during daily activities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective analysis of daily life recordings from a wrist-worn sensor was undertaken (PMData, N = 16, 5\u00a0months duration). The deviation between HR and SR was used to define CLC (deviation \u2264 1%) and weak CLC (1%&amp;lt; deviation \u2264 10%). The occurrence and the probability of CLC during everyday life were computed from the recordings. The CLC occurrences were stratified depending on the duration and intensity of the physical activity. Finally, a Monte Carlo simulation was run to evaluate the probability of random occurrences of CLC vs. the observed recordings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants couple for 5% and weakly couple for 35% of the observational period. The ratio of 1:1 between HR and SR is the dominating occurrence across the study population and this overrepresentation is significant. CLC occurs mostly for long activities. The extent of CLC for various intensities of activity is subject-dependent. The results suggest that CLC is feasible for most people.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CLC occurs spontaneously during unsupervised daily activity in everyone in our cohort, which suggests a mechanistic interaction between the cardiac and the locomotor systems. 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