Hirotaka Matsuura, MD, Masahiko Mukaino, MD, DMSc, Takayuki Ogasawara, ME,
Yasushi Aoshima, RPT, Takuya Suzuki, OTR, Ayaka Inukai, RPT, Emi Hattori, RPT,
Eiichi Saitoh, MD, DMSc
Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 10: 37-41, 2019
Objective: To clarify the effectiveness of rehabilitation,
it is important to determine the degree of influence of
the intervention on the amount of the patients’ daily
activity. The present study aimed to evaluate the
possibility of monitoring changes in the amount of
daily activity of stroke patients in a rehabilitation ward
through the use of a wearable heart rate (HR)
measurement system (hitoe system).
Methods: The present study included six stroke
patients (four men and two women; mean age
63.5±11.22 years) from our institution’s rehabilitation
ward. We performed activity monitoring using the
hitoe system for three days after admission and at the
sixth week after admission.
Results: The lying-down time was lower and the
exercise intensity integrated value was higher at the
sixth week after admission than at admission
(11.9±3.52 vs. 10.3±1.89 hours; p=0.06). Additionally,
the duration of %HRR >30% was significantly greater
at the sixth week than at admission (0.9±2.26% vs.
5.1±6.56%; p=0.03).
Conclusion: We successfully performed activity
monitoring in inpatients using a wearable HR
measurement system and found that daily activity
tended to increase among the inpatients during
rehabilitation.
Key words: activity monitoring, wearable device, stroke