Artículo
Body posture determination for Heart Failure patients from ankle orientation measurements
Autor/es | Fernández Scagliusi, Santiago Joaquín
Pérez García, Pablo Oprescu, Andreea M. Martín Fernández, Daniel Olmo Fernández, Alberto Huertas Sánchez, Gloria Yúfera García, Alberto |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica |
Fecha de publicación | 2023-03 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-04-17 |
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Resumen | Heart-Failure (HF) is among the leading hospitalization causes in modern healthcare systems.
In this paper, a method for performing continuous patient monitoring is presented with a focus on low
power consumption. A ... Heart-Failure (HF) is among the leading hospitalization causes in modern healthcare systems. In this paper, a method for performing continuous patient monitoring is presented with a focus on low power consumption. A prototype wearable device is being developed at the University of Sevilla to collect measurements. Among the sensing components there are two major blocks formed by a commercial biological impedance analog frontend from Analog Devices (AD5940) and an Inertial Motion Unit (IMU) capable of estimating attitude of the device. This information could provide a tremendous amount of information for the physician and help diagnose and remote monitor patients with HF. A major factor that can be analyzed to provide information on patient status is activity level and body states; time spent walking or standing, laying down or seated. In this work, a body tracking / activity estimation method is proposed for low power continuous monitoring. This study reports good results characterizing the laying down position and discriminating between laying down and standing/walking and seated. The presented results are relevant for clinical practice since body motion and position can serve as a health marker for patients. Additionally, the acquired motion information can be further processed to better understand artifacts and variations in the analog impedance measurements. |
Cita | Fernández Scagliusi, S.J., Pérez García, P., Oprescu, A. ., Martín Fernández, D., Olmo Fernández, A., Huertas Sánchez, G. y Yúfera García, A. (2023). Body posture determination for Heart Failure patients from ankle orientation measurements. IEEE Access, 10080938. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3261554. |
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