Published on in Vol 7, No 1 (2019): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/9865, first published .
Assessment of Physical Activity by Wearable Technology During Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery: Explorative Prospective Monocentric Observational Cohort Study

Assessment of Physical Activity by Wearable Technology During Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery: Explorative Prospective Monocentric Observational Cohort Study

Assessment of Physical Activity by Wearable Technology During Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery: Explorative Prospective Monocentric Observational Cohort Study

Isabeau Thijs   1 * , MSc ;   Libera Fresiello   2, 3 * , MSc, PhD ;   Wouter Oosterlinck   1 , MD, PhD ;   Peter Sinnaeve   4 , MD, PhD ;   Filip Rega   1 , MD, PhD

1 Research Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Katholiek Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

3 Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

4 Research Unit of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Isabeau Thijs, MSc
  • Research Unit of Cardiac Surgery
  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • University Hospitals Leuven
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  • Leuven, 3000
  • Belgium
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