A robust control design for heart rate tracking during exercise

Author

Cheng, Teddy M. ; Savkin, Andrey V. ; Su, Steven W. ; Celler, Branko G. ; Wang, Lu

Author_Institution

School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 052, Australia

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

2785

Lastpage

2788

Abstract

In this study, a control design is proposed for the tracking control of heart rate response during treadmill exercise. The controller tracks an exerciser´s heart rate to a given heart rate profile, that may represent a prescribed exercise protocol, by varying the speed of the treadmill. A guaranteed cost control approach is adopted in the control design so that the controller guarantees a certain level of performance. The effectiveness of the proposed control design is demonstrated via a simulation study. The controller will be useful in the design of exercise protocols for individuals.

Keywords

Australia; Control design; Costs; Feedback; Heart rate; Legged locomotion; Predictive models; Protocols; Robust control; Robust stability; Exercise heart rate; Heart rate tracking; Rehabilitation exercise; Robust control; Algorithms; Computer Simulation; Computers; Equipment Design; Exercise; Exercise Test; Heart Rate; Humans; Models, Statistical; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Physical Exertion; Regression Analysis; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Stochastic Processes; Walking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649780

Filename

4649780