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SUBMITTER: Aziz O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3116260 | biostudies-other | 2011 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20110120 2
Patients' functional recovery at home following surgery may be evaluated by monitoring their activities of daily living. Existing tools for assessing these activities are labor-intensive to administer and rely heavily on recall. This study describes the use of a wireless ear-worn activity recognition sensor to monitor postoperative activity levels continuously using a Bayesian activity classification framework. The device was used to monitor the postoperative recovery of five patients following ...[more]