The Walking Tests: From Fitness to Telerehabilitation

Maccioni

2019

mHealth

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The mHealth in the canine assisted therapy: the proposal of a conceptual model for the wearable monitoring

Maccioni

2019

mHealth

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“…1). These devices eventually could be connected with tools for the 6-min tests for monitoring 10 and with other devices for physiological monitoring (Fig. 2).…”

Section: New Models For Pulmonary Rehabilitation Using Telemedicinementioning

confidence: 99%

The Italian Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Second Phase: The Renewed Opportunity of Telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health

2020

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Recent studies published in the Telemedicine and e-Health journal stated the reality in Italy of the importance of telemedicine promotion during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In Italy, we gradually approached the second phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. During this phase, the activities restarted according to a temporal plan. During the second phase, ''social distancing'' will continue and telemedicine will continue to play a pivotal role. Now, during the second phase of the fight against the pandemic, we need: (1) to maintain social distancing; (2) to face new imminent criticalities highlighted in recent studies published in Telemedicine and e-Health; (3) to protect fragile subjects and to support disabled subjects; and (4) to still care/rehabilitate critical patients (still present even if in a decreased number). Telemedicine is still important and must also be rethought. The study, starting from the needs of chronic patients, highlighted in the recent studies published in this journal, expanded the possibilities of multiple opportunities for telemedicine integration during the second phase. An emerged categorization takes into consideration (1) the subjects with fragility, including those with rare diseases; (2) the experience gained during the emergency; (3) the new opportunities emerged for telemedicine boundaries; and (4) the new needs for telemedicine-based pulmonary rehabilitation at home.

“…The model was based on to two sub-systems. The first sub-system is a wearable mobile solution with kinematic sensors (9,10) for the human and the dog monitoring in (a) during walking also integrable with further technology (11)(12)(13) for the walking test monitoring. The second sub-system, allowing the monitoring in (b), is based on RFID technology.…”

Section: Original Articlementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The "walking tests" will be designed according to the standard. The 1-mile and 6-minute tests will thus be used in the protocol (11)(12)(13).…”

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The mHealth in the canine assisted therapy: the design and application of a kit for the wearable monitoring during a walking session

Maccioni

2020

mHealth

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Background: We are today assisting to an increasing interest to the animal assisted therapy (AAT). Among the goals of the AAT there is to improve a patient's psychological and physiological condition during the rehabilitation therapies. Several studies showed the health benefits (psychological and physiological) for the human subject thanks to the AAT. Today, according to the new central position of the pet, the approach must be revised in a more general and bidirectional approach embedding the assessment of the health benefits contemporary for the two actors, human and pet.Methods: Among the most commonly used types of AAT there is the canine assisted therapy (CAT).The study focused to the CAT and was dedicated to the design and validation of a wearable system for the assessment of physiological parameters during the walking of the two actors man and dog. A properly designed case-study involved a human (age 40; height 1.80 m; weight 80 kg) with three dogs with different sizes. It has been performed in a rectilinear walkway of 1 km of asphalt with 15 repetition with each one of the three different dogs at a speed typical for a walk. Results:The study showed a mean error ≤0.6% in the step counting. The study also showed: the feasibility to use parameters correlating the human and dog motion activity; a high acceptance of the methodology as assessed by 5 independent observers and an interesting perspectives for the future scenario of investigation of the medical scientific evidence of the approach based on the CAT.Conclusions: From a general point of view the work highlights the importance and the utility of the design and application of tool for the contemporary monitoring of the man and the dog during walking and other activities.