title: Validation of respiratory signal derived from suprasternal notch acceleration for sleep apnea detection.
abstract: This study evaluates the respiration signal derived from an accelerometer mounted on the suprasternal notch in three body positions and three respiration types simulating normal sleep conditions. The Acceleration Derived Respiratory signal (ADR) is compared with single strain gauge belt and a standard spirometry signal taken as reference. The results demonstrate the potential of ADR as a simple, low cost and unintrusive method of screening breath disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea.
authors.affiliation: CiBER Lab, School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. fpdehkord@sfu.ca
authors.forename: Parastoo Kh
authors.initials: PKh
authors.lastname: Dehkordi
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzencki
authors.forename: Kouhyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tavakolian
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaminska
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaminska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*