TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Associating ECG features with firefighter's activities
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Pallauf, J.
A1  - Gomes, P.
A1  - Bras, S.
A1  - Cunha, J. P. S.
A1  - Coimbra, M.
SP  - 6009
EP  - 6012
VL  - 2011
IS  - 
N2  - In this paper we associate features obtained from ECG signals with the expected levels of stress of real firefighters in action when facing specific events such as fires or car accidents. Five firefighters were monitored using wearable technology collecting ECG signals. Heart rate and heart rate variability features were analyzed in consecutive 5-min intervals during several types of events. A questionnaire was used to rank these types of events according to stress and fatigue and a measure of association was applied to compare this ranking to the ECG features. Results indicate associations between this ranking and both heart rate and heart rate variability features extracted in the time domain. Finally, an example of differences in inter personal responses to stressful events is shown and discussed, motivating future challenges within this research field.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091485
ID  - ref1
ER  -