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Marco Ceccarelli1, Riccardo Taje2, Paula Elena Papuc2
1LARM2: Lab of Robot Mechatronics, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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The paper examines the problem of respiration monitoring with easily wearable instrumentation by using a smart device that is properly designed and implemented with small and light components. The practical implementation is presented both in practical aspects and from experimental results by following a properly defined method with a medical-like protocol and specific procedure of testing. The results of a statistically significant campaign of experimental tests are reported with the characteristic data from the angles and acceleration components of a sensed rib both to validate the smart device and the procedure for respiration monitoring.
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