Interactive wearable technologies
ACTIVE- CLC: Active cardiac locomotor coupling
The ACTIVE project investigates the relationship and the interactionbetween cardiovascular and locomotor system during normal daily activities and in laboratory. Starting from this knowledge, we aim to explore the beneficial effects of home-based cardiac rehabilitation treatment for patients with heart failure using a wearable sensor system with an auditory signal for the synchronization of the heart and movement.
Contact person: Aurora Rosato
Publications
A. Rosato, S.A. Dual. In-ear pulse wave amplitude recordings during synchronized walking. Computing in Cardiology (CinC) 2024. pp.1‒4 https://cinc.org/archives/2024/pdf/CinC2024-363.pdf
A. Rosato, M. Larsson, E. Rullman, S.A. Dual. Evidence of spontaneous cardiac-locomotor coupling during daily activities in healthy adults. Frontiers in Physiology, 15, 1394591, 2024.
A. Rosato et al., "Spontaneous Cardiac-Locomotor Coupling in Healthy Individuals During Daily Activities," in Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) : Volume 4: BIOSIGNALS, 2023, pp. 170-177.
Funded by Promobilia Stiftelsen and Åke Wiberg Foundation
Age inclusive design of interactive wearable for real-time biofeedback
Older adults represent a heterogeneous group regarding their physical health, exercise habits and interests for health monitoring for physical exercise. Wearable devices are often used for short-term purposes, and the long-term engagement with applications remains a challenge for all ages. Despite that technology available, interactive features such as biofeedback have been rarely implemented. There is a need to design age-inclusive interactive wearable technology that take into consideration older adults’ heterogeneity regarding their physical health, digital skills and individual motivation for physical exercise. This project aims to co-design inclusive interactive wearable technologies for enhancing physical activity among older adults to improve the long-term user engagement with wearable technologies over time.
Contact person: Tien-Ying Lu
Publications:
T.-Y. Lu, J. Che, A. Rosato, S. A. Dual, S. Kuoppamäki. The use of wearables with real-time feedback in rhythmic activity among older adults: A qualitative study. https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/71509. Manuscript submitted
Funded by Kamprand foundation
