Personal Health Monitor

The Personal Health Monitor combines activity (e.g. treadmill, walking) and biosignal monitoring (e.g. ECG, blood pressure). It provides immediate local feedback to the patient without the intervention of a health professional. Our rehabilitation application is seamlessly integrated with the bio sensors.



The patient can perform the exercises with or without the heart monitor. If the heart monitor is used, the heart rate is monitored and the user knows when to push or slow down. The patient is also monitored for arrhythmia abnormalities and an ECG will be recorded if an abnormality is detected.



After completing an exercise the application asks several questions to assess the perceived difficulty. The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale is used which is a useful adjunct to the heart rate as an intensity guide for cardiac exercise training. RPE is a subjective rating that the user assigns to the intensity of the exercise based on their perception of how hard the physical exertion was.



The information is locally stored on the PDA and also transferred to the website so that a specialist can review progress but also to adjust exercise parameters and add comments. Keeping track of the exercise history will show the progress over time and motivate a patient to continue.