A novel automatic cough frequency monitoring system combining a triaxial accelerometer and a stretchable strain sensor.

ABSTRACT: Objective evaluations of cough frequency are considered important for assessing the clinical state of patients with respiratory diseases. However, cough monitors with audio recordings are rarely used in clinical settings. Issues regarding privacy and background noise with audio recordings are barriers to the wide use of these monitors; to solve these problems, we developed a novel automatic cough frequency monitoring system combining a triaxial accelerator and a stretchable strain sensor. Eleven healthy adult volunteers and 10 adult patients with cough were enrolled. The participants wore two devices for 30 min for the cough measurements. An accelerator was attached to the epigastric region, and a stretchable strain sensor was worn around their neck. When the subjects coughed, these device

SUBMITTER: Otoshi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113562 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature