Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP) is a method of evaluating pulmonary ventilation by measuring the movement of the chest and/or abdomen.
A RIP sensor can be added to the VitaMove system to  measure breathing rate of chest and/or abdomen excursion. RIP has been used in many clinical and academic research studies in a variety of domains including polysomnographic (sleep), psychophysiology, psychiatric research, anxiety and stress research, anesthesia, cardiology and pulmonary research (asthma, COPD, dyspnea).