A telemedicine home care based activity monitor device

Author

D´Addio, G. ; Cimmino, P. ; Manna, C. ; Arpaia, P.

Author_Institution

Bioeng. Dept. of S. Maugeri Found., Rehabilitation Inst. of Telese Terme, Telese Terme, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

30-31 May 2011

Firstpage

579

Lastpage

582

Abstract

A minimally invasive low-cost actigraph, with simple on-line movements features extraction, but with performance enhanced by off-line post-processing, is proposed. Despite its cost significantly lower, the proposed actigraph has performance similar to commercially available solutions. Moreover, its open downloading system and wireless integration capabilities make it apposite for telemedicine home care settings. The proposed device has been characterized experimentally by comparing its performance with an emerging gold standard in clinical monitoring physical activity assessment.

Keywords

biomechanics; feature extraction; patient monitoring; telemedicine; activity monitor device; features extraction; minimally invasive low-cost actigraph; off-line post-processing; open downloading system; telemedicine home care; wireless integration capability; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Local area networks; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Sensors; formatting; insert; style; styling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bari

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9336-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966666

Filename

5966666