Development and preliminary evaluation of an Android based heart rate variability biofeedback system
| Autor: | Kaj Lindecrantz, Shirin Abtahi, Farhad Abtahi, Fernando Seoane, Andreas Berndtsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Usability Biofeedback Psychology Thoracic electrical bioimpedance Middle Aged medicine.disease Biofeedback Biofeedback training Young Adult Heart Rate Heart failure Heart rate medicine Physical therapy Heart rate variability Humans Female Android (operating system) Electronics business |
| Zdroj: | EMBC |
| ISSN: | 2694-0604 |
| Popis: | The reduced Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is believed to be associated with several diseases such as congestive heart failure, diabetes and chronic kidney diseases (CKD). In these cases, HRV biofeedback may be a potential intervention method to increase HRV which in turn is beneficial to these patients. In this work, a real-time Android biofeedback application based on a Bluetooth enabled ECG and thoracic electrical bioimpedance (respiration) measurement device has been developed. The system performance and usability have been evaluated in a brief study with eight healthy volunteers. The result demonstrates real-time performance of system and positive effects of biofeedback training session by increased HRV and reduced heart rate. Further development of the application and training protocol is ongoing to investigate duration of training session to find an optimum length and interval of biofeedback sessions to use in potential interventions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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