Given this, the Health shirt (H-shirt) integrated with conductive fabric ECG electrodes enabling the accurate ECG monitoring during physical exercise has been introduced and validated by the authors.
Intervention: the patients were referred to a physical therapist for instruction in and monitoring of physical exercise of an intermediate intensity.
The monitoring of physical exercises presents itself as one of the new trends, made possible by the use of devices like smartphones.
It assesses the extent to which participants are confident they can manage nutrition, blood sugar monitoring, foot exams, physical exercise and weight, and medical treatment.
In the introduction, we commented two main applications of HAR: physical exercise monitoring and home care monitoring.
The REALDISP dataset is focused on the first one: physical exercise monitoring.
This included advice on lifestyle, dietary counseling, physical exercise, self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), the importance of controlling cholesterol and blood pressure, and prevention of acute and chronic complications.
Components such as education about the condition, interventions to encourage physical exercise, systematic monitoring of the patient's response and concordance to treatment, and assisting lifestyle modification have been found to be associated with psychological improvement as well as benefiting physical health.
Physical exercise was self-monitored with a heart rate monitor (ECG2, Sports Instruments, US) to ensure a heart rate ≥120 beats/min.
We used medical sub-headings as search terms, including behavior, cancer, neoplasm, chronic disease, monitoring, motor activity, physical activity interventions, physical exercise, physical therapy modalities, physical therapy techniques, yoga, random* or random allocation and the free text words accelerometer, pedometer, step counter, daily steps, physical activity and concealed.
