Why the study?
Does a wearable belt with integrated electronics provide reliable continuous ECG and activity monitoring during daily-life activities?
Does a wearable belt with integrated electronics provide reliable continuous ECG and activity monitoring during daily-life activities?
A novel functional clothing belt with integrated electronics enables continuous, robust ECG and activity monitoring for up to two days during routine daily activities.
Supports feasibility of wearable ECG monitoring in daily life; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
The paper describes an approach to monitor a person's ECG and activity continuously with functional clothing. A belt with integrated electronics has been developed and has proven long-term robustness of all electrical components. A low-power module measures the ECG signal as well as the acceleration (2-axis) and stores data continuously up to two days. A user test has been performed to evaluate the belt according to system performance at different daily-life activities like sleeping, walking and so on. System parameters are ECG-signal quality, system up-time, and ECG-signal coverage during a day.
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