Healthy subjects
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: The study participants will wear the WELMO vest in upright and horizontal posture during different types of breathing for a period of 20-30 min.
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: capacity to give consent, signed informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: thoracic deformities; previous chest surgery; severe obesity (no adequate vest size available); foreign objects in the chest like pacemaker, surgical screws or plates in the bones; history of or acute pulmonary disease; history of or acute moderate or severe cardiovascular disease; history of or acute moderate or severe general disease; skin injury, inflammation or disease; pregnant or breast-feeding women; immobile subjects, including wheel chair users and subjects using crutches
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Plausibility of the signals, generated by the WELMO vest (transthoracic electrical bioimpedance, auscultation, accelerometry). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Comfort of wearing (assessed by a questionnaire using a Likert scale) - Safety of use (assessed by the number of adverse events) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactTobias Becher
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel
Outcome results
None listed