scholarly journals Applicability of Physiological Monitoring Systems Within Occupational Groups: A Systematic Review

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (21) ◽  
pp. 7249
Author(s):  
Denisse Bustos ◽  
Joana C. Guedes ◽  
João Santos Baptista ◽  
Mário P. Vaz ◽  
José Torres Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Motion Tracking ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Physiological Status ◽  
Physiological Monitoring ◽  
Occupational Groups

The emergence of physiological monitoring technologies has produced exceptional opportunities for real-time collection and analysis of workers’ physiological information. To benefit from these safety and health prognostic opportunities, research efforts have explored the applicability of these devices to control workers’ wellbeing levels during occupational activities. A systematic review is proposed to summarise up-to-date progress in applying physiological monitoring systems for occupational groups. Adhering with the PRISMA Statement, five databases were searched from 2014 to 2021, and 12 keywords were combined, concluding with the selection of 38 articles. Sources of risk of bias were assessed regarding randomisation procedures, selective outcome reporting and generalisability of results. Assessment procedures involving non-invasive methods applied with health and safety-related goals were filtered. Working-age participants from homogeneous occupational groups were selected, with these groups primarily including firefighters and construction workers. Research objectives were mainly directed to assess heat stress and physiological workload demands. Heart rate related variables, thermal responses and motion tracking through accelerometry were the most common approaches. Overall, wearable sensors proved to be valid tools for assessing physiological status in working environments. Future research should focus on conducting sensor fusion assessments, engaging wearables in real-time evaluation methods and giving continuous feedback to workers and practitioners.

scholarly journals Wearable Sensor-Based Real-Time Gait Detection: A Systematic Review

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2727
Author(s):  
Hari Prasanth ◽  
Miroslav Caban ◽  
Urs Keller ◽  
Grégoire Courtine ◽  
Auke Ijspeert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Gait Analysis ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Heel Strike ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Pathological Gait

Gait analysis has traditionally been carried out in a laboratory environment using expensive equipment, but, recently, reliable, affordable, and wearable sensors have enabled integration into clinical applications as well as use during activities of daily living. Real-time gait analysis is key to the development of gait rehabilitation techniques and assistive devices such as neuroprostheses. This article presents a systematic review of wearable sensors and techniques used in real-time gait analysis, and their application to pathological gait. From four major scientific databases, we identified 1262 articles of which 113 were analyzed in full-text. We found that heel strike and toe off are the most sought-after gait events. Inertial measurement units (IMU) are the most widely used wearable sensors and the shank and foot are the preferred placements. Insole pressure sensors are the most common sensors for ground-truth validation for IMU-based gait detection. Rule-based techniques relying on threshold or peak detection are the most widely used gait detection method. The heterogeneity of evaluation criteria prevented quantitative performance comparison of all methods. Although most studies predicted that the proposed methods would work on pathological gait, less than one third were validated on such data. Clinical applications of gait detection algorithms were considered, and we recommend a combination of IMU and rule-based methods as an optimal solution.

Evolution of Physiological Status Monitoring for Ambulatory Military Applications

2019 ◽  
pp. 142-164
Author(s):  
William J. Tharion ◽  
Karl E. Friedl ◽  
Mark J. Buller ◽  
Natalia Henao Arango ◽  
Reed W. Hoyt
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Mobile User ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Physiological Status ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Status Monitoring ◽  
Mission Management ◽  
Data Driven Decisions

This chapter describes real-time physiological status monitoring, which provides key medical situational awareness of at-risk individuals. The information obtained enables military leaders to make better decisions with regard to mission management. These monitoring systems do not replace medical or leadership decision-making, but rather they provide objective information on which leadership can base their decisions to mitigate the risk of injuries and enhance performance. Commercial systems and research tools must be modified to meet the requirements of operational military personnel. These monitoring systems integrate wearable sensors, smart algorithms, computer and mobile user interfaces, and communications equipment to allow data-driven decisions to be made by appropriate personnel. This often requires data to be aggregated and sent from the wearer of the system to a decision-maker some distance away. This chapter describes the research and development efforts to meet the needs of military operational units.

scholarly journals mHealth technology for ecological momentary assessment in physical activity research: a systematic review

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e8848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Zapata-Lamana ◽  
Jaume F. Lalanza ◽  
Josep-Maria Losilla ◽  
Eva Parrado ◽  
Lluis Capdevila
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Mhealth Technology ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Objective To systematically review the publications on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) relating to physical activity (PA) behavior in order to classify the methodologies, and to identify the main mHealth technology-based tools and procedures that have been applied during the first 10 years since the emergence of smartphones. As a result of this review, we want to ask if there is enough evidence to propose the use of the term “mEMA” (mobile-based EMA). Design A systematic review according to PRISMA Statement (PROSPERO registration: CRD42018088136). Method Four databases (PsycINFO, CINALH, Medline and Web of Science Core Collection) were searched electronically from 2008 to February 2018. Results A total of 76 studies from 297 potential articles on the use of EMA and PA were included in this review. It was found that 71% of studies specifically used “EMA” for assessing PA behaviors but the rest used other terminology that also adjusted to the inclusion criteria. Just over half (51.3%) of studies (39) used mHealth technology, mainly smartphones, for collecting EMA data. The majority (79.5%) of these studies (31 out of 39) were published during the last 4 years. On the other hand, 58.8% of studies that only used paper-and-pencil were published during the first 3 years of the 10-year period analyzed. An accelerometer was the main built-in sensor used for collecting PA behavior by means of mHealth (69%). Most of the studies were carried out on young-adult samples, with only three studies in older adults. Women were included in 60% of studies, and healthy people in 82%. The studies lasted between 1 and 7 days in 57.9%, and between three and seven assessments per day were carried out in 37%. The most popular topics evaluated together with PA were psychological state and social and environmental context. Conclusions We have classified the EMA methodologies used for assessing PA behaviors. A total of 71% of studies used the term “EMA” and 51.3% used mHealth technology. Accelerometers have been the main built-in sensor used for collecting PA. The change of trend in the use of tools for EMA in PA coincides with the technological advances of the last decade due to the emergence of smartphones and mHealth technology. There is enough evidence to use the term mEMA when mHealth technology is being used for monitoring real-time lifestyle behaviors in natural situations. We define mEMA as the use of mobile computing and communication technologies for the EMA of health and lifestyle behaviors. It is clear that the use of mHealth is increasing, but there is still a lot to be gained from taking advantage of all the capabilities of this technology in order to apply EMA to PA behavior. Thus, mEMA methodology can help in the monitoring of healthy lifestyles under both subjective and objective perspectives. The tendency for future research should be the automatic recognition of the PA of the user without interrupting their behavior. The ecological information could be completed with voice messages, image captures or brief text selections on the touch screen made in real time, all managed through smartphone apps. This methodology could be extended when EMA combined with mHealth are used to evaluate other lifestyle behaviors.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology to Monitor Welfare in Zoo Animals: Is There Space for Improvement?

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3048
Author(s):  
Alessia Diana ◽  
Marina Salas ◽  
Zjef Pereboom ◽  
Michael Mendl ◽  
Tomas Norton
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Automated Monitoring ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Zoo Animals ◽  
Traditional Approaches

A top priority of modern zoos is to ensure good animal welfare (AW), thus, efforts towards improving AW monitoring are increasing. Welfare assessments are performed through more traditional approaches by employing direct observations and time-consuming data collection that require trained specialists. These limitations may be overcome through automated monitoring using wearable or remotely placed sensors. However, in this fast-developing field, the level of automated AW monitoring used in zoos is unclear. Hence, the aim of this systematic literature review was to investigate research conducted on the use of technology for AW assessment in zoos with a focus on real-time automated monitoring systems. The search led to 19 publications with 18 of them published in the last six years. Studies focused on mammals (89.5%) with elephant as the most studied species followed by primates. The most used technologies were camera (52.6%) and wearable sensors (31.6%) mainly used to measure behaviour, while the use of algorithms was reported in two publications only. This research area is still young in zoos and mainly focused on large mammals. Despite an increase in publications employing automated AW monitoring in the last years, the potential for this to become an extra useful tool needs further research.

scholarly journals DESIGN AND FIRST DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED REAL‐TIME SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Giretti ◽  
Alessandro Carbonari ◽  
Berardo Naticchia ◽  
Mario De Grassi
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Ultra Wide Band ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Real Time Monitoring ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Ongoing Research

This paper reports a feasibility study which addressed the development of a new, advanced system mainly devoted to automatic real‐time health and safety management on construction sites. The preliminary analyses and experiments described in this paper concern two of the most important functionalities which must be included in the system's final release. The first functionality consists in real‐time position‐tracking of workers involved on construction sites and the second ‐ in a software tool for the prevention of non‐authorized access to dangerous zones. This research step is part of a vaster, ongoing research project, addressing the development of a new generation of advanced construction management systems which allow real‐time monitoring and coordination of tasks, automatic health and safety management, on‐site delivery of technical information and the capture of “as‐built” documentation. This paper focuses mainly on the development of a reliable methodology for real‐time monitoring of the position of both workers and equipment in outdoor construction sites by applying Ultra Wide Band (UWB) based technologies. This positioning system was then interfaced with a software tool which performs virtual fencing of pre‐selected, dangerous areas. Guidelines for the design of the receivers’ topology will be addressed and the results of measurements recorded on a typical medium‐sized block of flats, during different phases of the construction progress will be summed up. Finally, the preliminary experimental results obtained by the virtual fencing application tool will be presented and used to plan future research objectives. Santrauka Straipsnyje aptartos naujos automatinės darbo ir saugos valdymo sistemos statybos aikštelėje kūrimo galimybės. Aprašytos preliminarios analizės ir eksperimentai – du pagrindiniai veiksniai, kurie turi būti įtraukti į galutinį sistemos variantą. Pirmasis veiksnys susijęs su statybos aikštelės darbininkų padėties realiu laiku nustatymu. Kompiuterine programa ribojamas jų patekimas į pavojingas neleistinas zonas. Šie tyrimai yra didelio besitęsiančio projekto dalis. Projektas susijęs su naujos kartos statybos valdymo sistemos kūrimu. Sistema leis kontroliuoti statybos eigą realiu laiku, užtikrinti automatinį darbų saugos valdymą, techninės informacijos ir dokumentacijos gavimą. Straipsnyje pagrindinis dėmesys sukoncentruotas į patikimos metodikos kūrimą. Taikant šią metodiką ir ultraplačiajuosčio bevielio ryšio (angl. Ultra Wide Band (UWB)) technologiją, galima bus nustatyti darbininkų ir įrangos padėtį atvirose statybos aikštelėse realiu laiku. Ši nustatymo sistema per grafinę terpę yra sujungta su programine įranga, kuri sukuria virtualų aptvarą iš anksto nurodytoms pavojingoms zonoms. Pateiktos imtuvo topologijos projektavimo rekomendacijos. Įvertinti tipinių vidutinio dydžio butų blokų užfiksuotų matavimų rezultatai skirtingais statybos etapais. Pateikti preliminarūs eksperimentiniai rezultatai, gauti įvedus virtualaus aptvėrimo koncepciją. Šie rezultatai bus panaudoti planuojant būsimų tyrimų tikslus.

scholarly journals PRACTICAL VALIDATION MEASUREMENTS OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS MONITORING SENSOR IN REAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar S.M. Moohialdin ◽  
Bambang T. Suhariadi ◽  
Mohsin K. Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Physiological Status ◽  
Physiological Monitoring ◽  
Status Monitoring ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Parametric Statistical Test ◽  
The Impact

The construction industry is one of the most hazardous industry and construction worker's health and safety in hot and humid weather conditions become a topic of a great interest for researchers and practitioners. Various physiological monitoring sensors have been employed to measure the physiological impacts of such weather conditions. However, the ability of these sensors to deal with the dynamic nature of the construction industry still under controversial arguments and there is a need to justify their applicability in real working conditions. This paper aims to investigate the accuracy of an off-the-shelf physiological monitoring sensor (Zephyr BioHarnessTM 3) in a real working environment when considering the impact of hot and humid weather conditions. Fifteen different construction workers participated in three site measurements, with monitoring two physiological parameters heart rate (HR) and breathing rate (BR). A non-parametric statistical test (Mann-Whitney) was applied to identify whether there is a significant difference between the medians of live data in the remote monitoring station and saved data of the sensor internal memories. The results showed that there are significant differences between live data and saved data. These differences were highly noticed in the third site measurements, as it included working in confined areas and trenches. The accuracy of live data is highly affected by types of activities and appropriate positions of the wireless connection devices (ECHO gate and repeater).

Real-time remote physiological monitoring

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 618-622
Author(s):  
Wil-Johneen Ardoin ◽  
W. Sloane Hoyle ◽  
Oluwatosin Bewaji ◽  
Thomas K. Ferris ◽  
S. Camille Peres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Physiological Monitoring ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Remote Monitoring System ◽  
Monitoring Model ◽  
Remote Monitoring Systems

Researchers at a large Midwest Tertiary Care Hospital have developed a remote monitoring system that supports 24-hour real-time physiological monitoring of multiple noncritical care patients from a central remote display station. The system’s potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry has encouraged future plans to expand the operation. However, all of the system’s characteristics and how those characteristics interact to affect qualities of interest such as worker efficiency, fatigue, and patient care have not been fully explored. A mixed-methods ethnographic approach was used to identify and more comprehensively understand characteristics of the remote monitoring systems currently in place. Analyses described three remote monitoring paradigms, emphasizing elements of communication that were perceived to impact patient care. These efforts are the first steps in continued analyses of remote monitoring systems and are important in the identification of key system elements intended to construct a fundamental remote monitoring model.

Examining the Use of Wearable Technologies for K-12 Students: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Philip Jovanovic ◽  
Robin Kay
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Data Ethics ◽  
Body Sensors ◽  
K 12

Wearable technologies such as smartwatches, smart clothing, smart glasses, fitness trackers, and brain senor headbands are wireless body sensors designed to record physiological and physical data.  Since 2015, their use has increased in K-12 classrooms, but a comprehensive investigation of student impact yet to be conducted.  In this paper, we conducted a systematic review of the literature focussing on the benefits and challenges of using wearable technologies for K-12 students.  Using the PRISMA approach and a thematic narrative analysis, we analyzed 29 peer-reviewed articles from 2003 to 2019. The benefits of using wearable technologies for K-12 students included providing students with voice, ownership of learning and reflection, increasing engagement and relevance, improving learning, building social presence, increasing accessibility, and differentiated instruction.  The challenges of using wearable technologies for K-12 students were health and safety as well as diminished perceptions of self-worth. Finally, we explored future research directions for wearable technologies in K-12 classrooms, including improved wearables-based pedagogy, data analysis methods, data ethics, and security policies.

Telepractice for Adult Speech-Language Pathology Services: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 326-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Weidner ◽  
Joneen Lowman
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Primary Progressive Aphasia ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Service Delivery Model ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Screening Assessment

Purpose We conducted a systematic review of the literature regarding adult telepractice services (screening, assessment, and treatment) from approximately 2014 to 2019. Method Thirty-one relevant studies were identified from a literature search, assessed for quality, and reported. Results Included studies illustrated feasibility, efficacy, diagnostic accuracy, and noninferiority of various speech-language pathology services across adult populations, including chronic aphasia, Parkinson's disease, dysphagia, and primary progressive aphasia. Technical aspects of the equipment and software used to deliver services were discussed. Some general themes were noted as areas for future research. Conclusion Overall, results of the review continue to support the use of telepractice as an appropriate service delivery model in speech-language pathology for adults. Strong research designs, including experimental control, across multiple well-described settings are still needed to definitively determine effectiveness of telepractice services.

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