Wearable Devices for Precision Medicine and Health State Monitoring

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 1242 - 1258
• Main Authors: Jeong, In cheol, Bychkov, David, Searson, Peter C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01-05-2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure Determination; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Emotions - physiology; Fitness; Health care; health state monitoring; Heart rate; Humans; Medicine; Monitoring; Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation; Photoplethysmography; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Precision medicine; Precision Medicine - instrumentation; Signal transduction; Smartphone; Sweat; Sweat - physiology; Telemedicine - instrumentation; Temperature measurement; vital signs; Vital Signs - physiology; wearable devices; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wearable technology
• ISSN: 0018-9294; 1558-2531
• DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2018.2871638

Wearable technologies will play an important role in advancing precision medicine by enabling measurement of clinically-relevant parameters describing an individual's health state. The lifestyle and fitness markets have provided the driving force for the development of a broad range of wearable technologies that can be adapted for use in healthcare. Here we review existing technologies currently used for measurement of the four primary vital signs: temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure, along with physical activity, sweat, and emotion. We review the relevant physiology that defines the measurement needs and evaluate the different methods of signal transduction and measurement modalities for the use of wearables in healthcare.