Abstract
Cardiac rehabilitation programs are traditionally carried
out in hospitals and health centers under the direct
personal supervision of mentoring clinicians. Patient
barriers, such as time constraints and distance from
treatment centers, have lead to poor uptake of programs
among eligible patients. To overcome these barriers,
home-based care models have been proposed as a viable
alternative to hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation
programs. We have developed a measurement system and
software tools on a mobile phone platform enabling
patients to participate in a home-based cardiac
rehabilitation exercise program. A mobile application,
TuneWalk, gives guidance to the patients during home
exercises using heart rate and physical activity analysis
and also stores long-term information about their
progress during the weeks of the rehabilitation program.
The measured data are also sent to a server for remote
exercise performance analysis and consultation by the
patient's personal mentor.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 31th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2009 |
| Place of Publication | USA |
| Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| Pages | 6448-6452 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4244-3296-7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEMBS 2009 - Minneapolis, MN, United States Duration: 3 Sept 2009 → 6 Sept 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEMBS 2009 |
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| Abbreviated title | IEMBS 2009 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Minneapolis, MN |
| Period | 3/09/09 → 6/09/09 |
Keywords
- mobile phone
- software
- cardiac rehabilitation