Key result
Wireless ECG e-textile bra demonstrates feasibility for cardiac monitoring compared to reference 3-channel ECG.
Why the study?
Advances in wearable cardiac monitoring have enabled continuous monitoring with improved comfort, prompting the design and validation of a wireless ECG e-textile bra fitting various sizes.
Does a wireless ECG e-textile bra provide accurate ECG monitoring compared to a standard reference device in volunteers?
Does a wireless ECG e-textile bra provide accurate ECG monitoring compared to a standard reference device in volunteers?
A novel wireless ECG e-textile bra demonstrates feasible and reasonably accurate real-time cardiac monitoring compared to a standard 3-channel ECG device.
Hypothesis-generating for e-textile ECG monitoring; should not yet change clinical practice.
Advances in wearable cardiac monitoring technology have enabled long-term continuous monitoring of cardiac activity with improved comfort. In this article, we present a wireless ECG e-textile bra that fits various sizes. The bra employs textile-based electrodes for real-time data acquisition and processing. The acquired waveform was compared to a reference physiological signal acquisition instrument (iE 300 Digital 3-Channel ECG). Our dataset consists of signal recordings from fifteen volunteers. The average Euclidean distance between the proposed bra recordings and the reference device recordings is 12.57 mV, indicating a satisfactory level of difference between the two signals. In addition, the percentage of difference for the R–R interval and QRS duration are 1.25% and 9.48%, respectively. The results demonstrate the feasibility of using e-textiles for wireless ECG monitoring and suggest that further improvements in sensor technology and data processing could lead to even more accurate and reliable monitoring systems in the future.
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Naeem et al. (2026) studied this question. Wireless ECG e-textile bra vs. iE 300 Digital 3-Channel ECG was evaluated on Average Euclidean distance between bra and reference device recordings. A wireless ECG e-textile bra demonstrated feasibility for cardiac monitoring, with an average Euclidean distance of 12.57 mV compared to a reference 3-channel ECG device.
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