NCT02382926

Reha Drive: Capacitive Electrocardiography in Car Seat in Cardiological Patients

Capacitive Electrocardiography in the Driver's Seat and Elevation of Vital Signs Via Camera During Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: RWTH Aachen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this trial contactless heart rate, electrocardiography and breathing rate measurements are elevated during car simulation in cardiac rehabilitation via automotive sensors and camera.

Detailed description

Increasing number of elderly people with cardiovascular diseases and the wish to drive a car need recommendations corresponding to their fitness of driving during cardiac rehabilitation. Little trial data are known, only a position paper of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) of 2010 discusses the aptitude of driving a car of cardiovascular patients on experience. For judgement and recommendations automotive monitoring via contactless sensors might be helpful. Therefore while "driving" in a simulator distinct heart circulation situations will be created. Vital signs will be measured via long term electrocardiography (ECG) in comparison to contactless capacitive ECG (cECG) measurements via embedded sensors in the car seat as well as heart rate and breathing rate measurements via camera.

Conditions

• Cardiac Events

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Capacitive ECG and contactless heart and breathing rate measurements via camera	During a 30 minute driving simulation cardiologic patients in rehabilitation undergo capacitive ECG measurements via sensors in the car seat as well as heart and breathing rate measurements via camera according to the Eulerian Magnification Method.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-11-01
• Completion: 2014-11-01
• First posted: 2015-03-09
• Last updated: 2015-03-13

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Germany