Adherence Activity & Outcome Measure Belt for Yoga

依从活动

• 批准号: 7243312
• 负责人: MATTHEW D. TARLER
• 金额: $ 24.51万
• 依托单位: CLEVELAND MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-30 至 2009-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7243312
• 关键词: alternative medicine; clinical research; exercise; heart rate; medicine; meditation; oxygen; sound

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many clinical health improvements have been claimed to be possible through mind-body medicine techniques and yoga in particular. These claims are being tested throughout the scientific community to sort out legitimate claims from unsubstantiated claims. However, per RFA-AT-06-002, "understanding and accurately measuring the extent to which patients and study participants adhere to study protocols is essential to understand the dose, the efficacy, the safety, and the feasibility of the intervention." "Adherence is assessed using self- report diary measures or employing handheld devices. Both strategies are limited by potential participant bias, inaccuracy, and patient burden." This program will design, build and test a small wearable device that will monitor key physiological signals, including heart rate, thoracic and abdominal respiration rate, oxygen saturation and body position, such that patient adherence will be objectively recorded. In addition to adherence, activity performance and outcome measures will be recorded to monitor how well the exercises are being performed and how much affect the exercises have on the individuals." Although mind-body medicine techniques, and yoga in particular, have been around for a very long time and have been attributed with many health benefits, scientific evidence supporting those claims have been difficult to acquire. This program will develop a new device that will enable the scientific community to more easily perform the critical experiments that will determine which health benefits can be expected from this alternative medicine. Ultimately, a better understanding of these mind-body medicine techniques will lead to better medical treatments for everyone.

描述（由申请人提供）：许多临床健康改善已被声称是可能通过身心医学技术，特别是瑜伽。这些说法正在整个科学界进行测试，以从未经证实的说法中挑选出合法的说法。然而，根据RFA-AT-06-002，“理解和准确测量患者和研究参与者遵守研究方案的程度对于理解干预的剂量、疗效、安全性和可行性至关重要。坚持性是通过自我报告日记或手持设备来评估的。这两种策略都受到潜在参与者偏见、不准确性和患者负担的限制。“该计划将设计，建造和测试一个小型可穿戴设备，该设备将监测关键的生理信号，包括心率，胸部和腹部呼吸率，血氧饱和度和身体位置，以便客观地记录患者的依从性。除了坚持，活动表现和结果的措施将被记录，以监测如何以及正在执行的演习和演习有多大的影响对个人。“虽然身心医学技术，特别是瑜伽，已经存在了很长一段时间，并被认为具有许多健康益处，但支持这些说法的科学证据一直很难获得。该计划将开发一种新的设备，使科学界能够更容易地进行关键实验，以确定这种替代医学可以带来哪些健康益处。最终，更好地理解这些身心医学技术将为每个人带来更好的医疗。