Key result
Novel data logger accurately tracks heart rate and speed during ICARE elliptical rehabilitation.
Why the study?
Many current rehabilitation exercise devices do not allow for recording and exportation of cardiovascular fitness variables such as heart rate and speed.
Does a newly designed data logger accurately measure heart rate and speed when used with the ICARE rehabilitation device compared to standard research devices?
Does a newly designed data logger accurately measure heart rate and speed when used with the ICARE rehabilitation device compared to standard research devices?
A newly designed data logger can accurately record and export heart rate and speed data during use of the ICARE rehabilitation device, facilitating cardiovascular assessment in physical rehabilitation.
May enable HR/speed tracking in rehab devices; leaves open clinical adoption and outcome impact.
Cardiovascular assessment and fitness training are often overlooked in physical rehabilitation. Many current rehabilitation exercise devices do not allow for the recording and exportation of variables related to cardiovascular fitness. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to design, prototype, and validate a data logger that measures, records, and exports time, heart rate (HR), and speed data with the commercially available rehabilitation device called the Intelligently Controlled Assistive Rehabilitation Elliptical (ICARE). Validation involved using the data logger device in parallel with devices currently used in research environments for measuring HR (TrueOne 2400 metabolic cart with polar HR monitoring chest strap) and speed (ICARE's console). Ten healthy individuals without known disability impacting walking or ability to use the ICARE, exercised on the ICARE while HR and ICARE speed were measured. It was found that the data logger can be used to accurately measure, record, and export HR (linear regression: P < 0.001; R2 = 0.892) and speed (linear regression: P < 0.001; R2 = 0.997) data when used with the ICARE.
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Pfeifer et al. (2018) studied Healthy individuals (n=10). Data logger device with ICARE vs. TrueOne 2400 metabolic cart with polar HR monitoring chest strap and ICARE's console was evaluated on Heart rate (HR) and speed measurement accuracy (R2 = 0.892 for HR; R2 = 0.997 for speed, p=<0.001). The designed data logger accurately measured, recorded, and exported heart rate (R2 = 0.892, P < 0.001) and speed (R2 = 0.997, P < 0.001) data when used with the ICARE rehabilitation device.
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