Development of an Integrated Virtual Group Training System for COPD Patients

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

2014

Abstract

COPD patients 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. 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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

B. J. Dikken J., F. van Beijnum B., H. W. Hofs D., P. L. Botman M., M. Vollenbroek-Hutten M. and J. Hermens H. (2014). Development of an Integrated Virtual Group Training System for COPD Patients . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-010-9, pages 101-108. DOI: 10.5220/0004801601010108

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf14,
author={Jonathan B. J. Dikken and Bert-Jan F. van Beijnum and Dennis H. W. Hofs and Mike P. L. Botman and Miriam M. Vollenbroek-Hutten and Hermie J. Hermens},
title={Development of an Integrated Virtual Group Training System for COPD Patients},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={101-108},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004801601010108},
isbn={978-989-758-010-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - Development of an Integrated Virtual Group Training System for COPD Patients
SN - 978-989-758-010-9
AU - B. J. Dikken J.
AU - F. van Beijnum B.
AU - H. W. Hofs D.
AU - P. L. Botman M.
AU - M. Vollenbroek-Hutten M.
AU - J. Hermens H.
PY - 2014
SP - 101
EP - 108
DO - 10.5220/0004801601010108