Monitoring the Physical Activity of Patients Suffering From Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Author(s): Dennis Paulino (INESC TEC, Portugal & University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal), Arsénio Reis (INESC TEC, Portugal & University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal), Joao Barroso (INESC TEC, Portugal & University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal)and Hugo Paredes (INESC TEC, Portugal & University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 19
Source title: Mobile Applications and Solutions for Social Inclusion
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sara Paiva (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5270-3.ch009

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Mobile and Wireless Computing / Mobile Computing

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Abstract

The peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is characterized by leg pain during walking, and a recommended treatment for this disease is to perform supervised physical activity. In this chapter, a system that monitories the physical activity containing one application for smartwatch, one application for smartphone, and a back-end webservice is presented. The applications collect heart rate, GPS locations, step count, and altitude data. The methodology used for the development of the system was based on the agile method with the production of prototypes. In this chapter, four development cycles, which cover the users' and researchers' needs, are presented. In this work, the main objective is to evaluate the current mobile technologies on the physical activity data collection and the development of a system that assists the users to maintain an active life.

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