by Alex Ouyang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The system extracts nocturnal breathing signals either from a breathing belt worn by the subject, or from radio signals that bounce off their body while asleep. It processes the breathing signals using a neural network to infer whether the person has Parkinson’s, and if they do, assesses the...
RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: AMONG ATHLETES, THERE IS A HIGH PREVALENCE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BREATHING PATTERNS, WHICH COULD EXPOSE THEM TO A GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES CREDIT: RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY, KYOTO, JAPAN Breathing patterns are an important indicator of an individual’s health. A healthy individual breathes naturally using primary respiratory muscles (e.g., diaphragm muscle) that produce...
