Title :
Textile-, conductive paint-based wearable devices for physical activity monitoring
Author :
Teodorescu, Horia-Nicolai
Author_Institution :
Gheorghe Asachi Tech. Univ. of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Abstract :
The paper addresses two issues: the definition of a Global Activity (GlA) index for the physical activity of persons, and the development of a sensor on textile substrate and of the related front end circuitry for destined to health monitoring. Preliminary experimental results are reported.
Keywords :
biosensors; health care; Global Activity index; conductive paint-based wearable devices; health monitoring; physical activity monitoring; textile substrate; textile-based wearable devices; Capacitors; Immune system; Indexes; Legged locomotion; Monitoring; Paints; Textiles; conducting paint; e-textile; health monitoring; monitoring; physical activity; wearable sensor;
Conference_Titel :
E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2013
Conference_Location :
Iasi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2372-4
DOI :
10.1109/EHB.2013.6707241
