Author: mhernand@illinois.edu

Graduate students demonstrating smartshirt used in study.

Wearable technology continuously monitors heart-rate recovery to predict risk

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The time it takes the heart to return to its baseline rhythm after exercise can predict a host of cardiovascular or metabolic disorders. In a new study, scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign used a “smart shirt” equipped with an electrocardiogram to track participants’ heart-rate recovery after exercise and developed a tool for analyzing […]

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