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International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies

BIOSTEC 2014: Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies pp 346–359Cite as

An Integrated Virtual Group Training System for COPD Patients at Home

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients often experience a downward spiral of fear for breathlessness, inactivity and social isolation which leads to a bad physical condition. Motivation to keep patients compliant to their training scheme is a key factor in home-based exercise training. This paper presents the Integrated Training System for COPD patients; a home based virtual group exercise system to facilitate improvement of the exercise capacity safely at home using a virtual group environment. The four components of the system are the Home Trainer, the Virtual Exercise Environment, the Web Portal and the Controller. These components are implemented in a prototype, in which as much as possible existing components are used. An in-training evaluation was performed to evaluate the subsystems used during a training exercise. All subsystems are working correctly during the evaluation. In this paper the focus for the Integrated Training System is on COPD patients, but the system might be used for other groups such as Chronic Heart Failure patients or elderly people in general.

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  1. Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine (MIRA), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Jonathan B. J. Dikken, Bert-Jan F. van Beijnum, Dennis H. W. Hofs, Mike P. L. Botman, Miriam M. Vollenbroek-Hutten & Hermie J. Hermens

  2. Roessingh Research and Development, Roessinghsbleekweg 33b, 7522AH, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Miriam M. Vollenbroek-Hutten & Hermie J. Hermens

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  1. ESEO, ANGERS CEDEX 02, France

    Guy Plantier

  2. Cognitive Systems Lab., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Tanja Schultz

  3. Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  4. New University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

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Dikken, J.B.J., van Beijnum, BJ.F., Hofs, D.H.W., Botman, M.P.L., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M.M., Hermens, H.J. (2015). An Integrated Virtual Group Training System for COPD Patients at Home. In: Plantier, G., Schultz, T., Fred, A., Gamboa, H. (eds) Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. BIOSTEC 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 511. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26129-4_23

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