Decision support for teletraining of COPD patients.
BACKGROUND
Supervised physical training has been shown to promote rehabilitation of patients affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Currently, due to limited resources, not all COPD patients can be trained by an expert supervisor.


OBJECTIVE
The objective of our research is to construct a decision support system (DSS) which observes and controls physical ergometer training sessions of COPD patients.


METHODS
A systematic literature review and expert interviews were carried out to build up the knowledge base for the DSS.


RESULTS
Nine production rules were established and standardized by Drools and Arden Syntax. The developed software autonomously controls training sessions on a bicycle ergometer on the basis of vital signs data. Thus it offers a new way for the rehabilitation of COPD patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Evaluation with nine healthy subjects in a laboratory environment has confirmed its correct function, but the effects of its use for COPD patients' rehabilitation and their quality of life have to be investigated in a further study.
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Bianying Song, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Mühlenpfordtstrasse 23, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. bianying.song@plri.de
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Gietzelt
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D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001794:Blood Pressure; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D016552:Ergometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010807:Physical Endurance; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012985:Software Design; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D010100:Oxygen