Wearable Breathing Trainer

Respiratory disorders such as asthma and dysfunctional breathing (DB) are common in childhood and can masquerade eachother, complicating accurate assessment of asthma severity.

Child-adapted exercise challenge tests can accuratley assess both the asthmatic and DB component. However, exercise tests are hospital-based and draw heavily on health care resources.There is a need for tools that can objectively analyse the origin of respiratory symptoms and monitor the efficacy of therapy.

Project Goal

The goal of this project is to develop a wearable breathing trainer, equipped with sensor technology and feedback system. We aim to signal relevant respiratory parameters outside the hospital detecting and analysing respiratory disorders providing feedback to the patient in real time. This will accelarate the development of self-management. In addition, there are opportunities for doctors and physiotherapists to gain more insight into the progress.