Sleeveless shirt-type wearable device and smartphone application track IBS patients’ sympathetic nervous system activity (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Sleeveless shirt-type wearable device and smartphone application track IBS patients’ sympathetic nervous system activity

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Heart rate variability was measured using a wearable device, a sleeveless shirt with a transmitter. Heart rate variability was recorded on a smartphone using Bluetooth, while activities such as bowel movements and sleeping were tracked using an independently developed smartphone application.

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Fumio Tanaka, Osaka Metropolitan University

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