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

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

1559

Lastpage

1562

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090454

Filename

6090454