Title :
Innovative self management system for guided cardiac rehabilitation
Author :
Ottaviano, M. ; Vera-Muñoz, C. ; Arredondo, M.T. ; Salvi, D. ; Salvi, S. ; Páez, J.M. ; De Barrionuevo, A. Díaz
Author_Institution :
Life Supporting Technol., Univ. Politec. de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and development of a system for cardio rehabilitation of patients that suffered a myocardial infarction. The proposed solution focuses on exercise prescriptions and the encouragement of healthy behaviors. The innovative strategy of the design takes into account health promotion models to provide safe, assistive exercise training sessions, personalized feedbacks, and educational contents.
Keywords :
cardiology; patient rehabilitation; assistive exercise training session; cardio patient rehabilitation; educational content; exercise prescription; guided cardiac rehabilitation; health promotion model; innovative self management system; personalized feedbacks; Biomedical monitoring; Diseases; Education; Europe; Heart rate; Monitoring; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Expert Systems; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Myocardial Infarction; Physical Therapy Modalities; Reproducibility of Results; Self Care; Sensitivity and Specificity; Telemedicine; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090454
