The importance of respiratory rate monitoring: From healthcare to sport and exercise

A Nicolò, C Massaroni, E Schena, M Sacchetti - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Respiratory rate is a fundamental vital sign that is sensitive to different pathological
conditions (eg, adverse cardiac events, pneumonia, and clinical deterioration) and stressors …

Investigation of body locations for cardiac and respiratory monitoring with skin-interfaced inertial measurement unit sensors

C Romano, D Formica, E Schena… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Among all wearable technologies, inertial measurement units (IMUs) may be used for
estimating both heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) from chest wall movements …

Validity Analysis of WalkerViewTM Instrumented Treadmill for Measuring Spatiotemporal and Kinematic Gait Parameters

M Bravi, C Massaroni, F Santacaterina, J Di Tocco… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The detection of gait abnormalities is essential for professionals involved in the rehabilitation
of walking disorders. Instrumented treadmills are spreading as an alternative to overground …

A PCA-based method to select the number and the body location of piezoresistive sensors in a wearable system for respiratory monitoring

L Raiano, J Di Tocco, C Massaroni… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work aims at selecting the number and the body location of piezoresistive sensors to
instrument wearable systems for respiratory rate (RR) estimation. We tested a novel method …

Atrial fibrillation detection by means of edge computing on wearable device: a feasibility assessment

R Sabbadini, M Riccio, L Maresca… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cardio Vascular Diseases (CVDs) represent one of the main burden that affected world
population in the last and in the current decades. The early detection by means of wide …

Breath-jockey: Development and feasibility assessment of a wearable system for respiratory rate and kinematic parameter estimation for gallop athletes

J Di Tocco, R Sabbadini, L Raiano, F Fani, S Ripani… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, wearable devices for physiological parameter monitoring in sports and
physical activities have been gaining momentum. In particular, some studies have focused …

A signal quality index for improving the estimation of breath-by-breath respiratory rate during sport and exercise

C Romano, L Innocenti, E Schena… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The breath-by-breath measurement of respiratory rate (RR) plays a pivotal role in sports and
exercise. The accurate estimation of RR values on a breath-by-breath basis with wearable …

Continuous respiratory rate estimation with a wearable temperature sensor during cycling exercise: a feasibility study

C Massaroni, C Romano, A Nicolo… - … Workshop on Sport …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Respiratory rate (RR) measurement has numerous implications for testing and training
monitoring both in research and applied settings. Cycling is among the exercise modalities …

Comparison of blind source separation techniques for respiration rate estimation from depth video

M Mozafari, A Law, SBT Djouaka… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-contact respiration rate estimation can form an important part of health screening in
public spaces or clinical settings. Depth cameras can provide contactless information related …

Design of a wearable dynamic respiratory monitoring system based on a distributed inertial measurement unit

H Cheng, H Jiang, M Duan, S Li, Y Tong… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inertial measurement units (IMUs)-based respiration signal detection provides a low-cost,
noninvasive approach to measure the volumetric changes of the thorax and abdomen as a …