W2M2: WIRELESS WEARABLE MODULAR MONITOR A Multifunctional Monitoring System for Rehabilitation

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2012
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Rubim Santos
Carla Mariana Silva
Miguel Velhote Correia
Joao Paulo Vilas-Boas
António José Salazar
Ana Sofia Silva
Claudia Silva
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Wearable/portable biometric/physiological monitoring devices are rapidly becoming a recognized alternative in medicine, rehabilitation and sports. Developments in sensors, energy harvesting, embedded technology, smart textile, to mention a few, are driving the field to more seamless and complex solutions, sometimes part of pervasive strategies for activity monitoring. This article presents a simple, modular, low-cost, wearable device originally intended for rehabilitation data gathering. Such device was based on commercially available components which can be assembled and managed by physicians, therapist and other healthcare personnel through a proposed platform. The objective is the familiarization and even active inclusion of healthcare personnel in the technological development process and, more importantly, the incorporation of electronic data acquisition in their procedures.
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