A wearable respiratory biofeedback system based on body sensor networks

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010:2010:2497-500. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626641.

Abstract

Technology advantages of body sensor networks (BSN) have shown great deal of promises in medical applications. In this paper we introduced a wearable device for biofeedback application based on the BSN platform we had developed. The biofeedback device we have developed includes the heart rate monitoring belt with conductive fabric and the biofeedback device with respiration belt. A wearable respiratory biofeedback system was preliminarily explored based on the BSN platform. In-situ experiments showed that the BSN platform and the biofeedback device worked as intended.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biofeedback, Psychology*
  • Computer Communication Networks
  • Computers
  • Electrocardiography / methods
  • Equipment Design / instrumentation
  • Heart Rate*
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Respiration*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Sleep
  • Textiles
  • Time Factors