Evaluation of a social robot intervention impact on the cardiovascular responses of patients from the Cardiac Rehabilitation program of the Fundación Cardio-Infantil Instituto de Cardiología (07-2017 / 2017-2018)

Funding

Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, Fundación Cardio-Infantil Instituto de Cardiología and Plymouth University.

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world. A program of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is related to physical activities or exercises to regain the optimal quality of life. CR relies on the necessity to evaluate, control and supervise a patient's status and progress. This work has two objectives: on the one hand, provide a tool for clinicians to assess the patient's status during CR. On the other hand, there is evidence that robots can motivate patients during therapeutic procedures. Our sensor interface explores the possibility to integrate a robotic agent into cardiac therapy.