VitaMove physical activity & posture monitoring

VitaMove will enable you to easily asses your patient’s physical activity, posture and motion providing an objective and accurate insight into their daily lifestyle. A basic VitaMove configuration consists of at least two small devices. It is worn using a neoprene straps around the chest and the right upper leg, thus providing measurements of a patient’s activity, posture and motion for up to 30 consecutive days depending on the configuration used. VitaMove can be worn inconspicuously underneath existing clothing. A basic VitaMove sustem comprises of two hardware units and the VitaMove software. This software enables the care giver to download and manage patient recordings, provides automatic analysis and reporting of recordings and also has advanced scoring tools. Both hardware and software have been built to quickly add new functions and features, meeting all your measurement requirements. VitaMove systems consist of combinations of the following elements:

VitaMove recorders

The hardware of the VitaMove recorder consists of a small, light weight casing containing a tri-axial accelerometer, a rechargeable battery, a USB connection, raw data storage capability on a Micro-SD Card and wireless technology to enable microsecond time synchronization with other recorders in the same body network. Using this advanced time synchronization all recorders take measurements at exactly the same time. One VitaMove network can range from one recorder for analysing basic physical activity, to eight recorders on upper and lower legs and arms for a more detailed registration of specific problem areas.

VitaMove ExG amplifier to record ECG, EMG, EOG, EEG, breath & light

To each VitaMove recorder an extension module can be connected. This allows recording of a medical grade 3 lead ECG (2 traces) to simultaneously record the heart function, an EMG to record muscle activity, eye movements (EOG) or brain activity during sleep (EEG). The same extension module is also prepared to measure breathing rate or environmental light conditions (chronobiological studies). The exact configuration depends on your needs. Together we can define what is required for your study.

VitaMove software

The VitaMove software makes handling of large patient groups and the downloading of recordings easy and effortless. Furthermore, it can fully and automatically analyse recordings and generate reports in minutes. Raw data is stored on your computer locally and is fully accessible and exportable at all times using the European Data Format standard. Also, all other computed and extracted features like angles, body motilities, posture and motion classes, HR, detected events; duration and so on can be exported and used in third party software for further analysis.

Reports & signal traces

Direct traces that can be measured with each recorder

Each VitaMove recorder measures acceleration and position in g-force in three directions: Transversal, Longitudinal and Sagital. Other raw signals that are measured are the ExG signals, the respiratory signs, the event marker, light, tempterature and other signals.

Indirect or derived calculated traces

The direct traces are used to create all kind of derivatives. Which can be clustered in various classes:

• Activity & Motion related
  Activity, Walking frequency, walkingphase, classified activity, angles in transversal, longitudinal and sagital, motility in three directions, amplitude of walking, ampliture or tremor, tremor frequency, dc gravity, motility ac, phase between legs.
• Cardiac
  Heart rate, heart rate standard deviation and heart rate events
• Respiratory
  Breathrate and effort x breathrate
• Future custom traces

Reports
The direct and indirect traces are the building blocks for the available or custom reports. Below a short overview of the VitaMove building blocks.

Validation & certification

The posture and movement classifications have been validated in cooperation with the Erasmus Medical Centre’s rehabilitation department in Rotterdam. VitaMove is medically certified in accordance with the TUV standards and has been approved by the CE Medical Device Directive (CE0197).