title: Innovative self management system for guided cardiac rehabilitation.
abstract: This paper describes the design and development of a system for cardio rehabilitation of patients that suffered a myocardial infarction. The proposed solution focuses on exercise prescriptions and the encouragement of healthy behaviors. The innovative strategy of the design takes into account health promotion models to provide safe, assistive exercise training sessions, personalized feedbacks, and educational contents.
authors.affiliation: Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain. mottaviano@lst.tfo.upm.esmottaviano@lst.tfo.upm.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ottaviano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vera-Muñoz
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Arredondo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Páez
authors.forename: A Díaz
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: de Barrionuevo
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface