KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems (정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템)

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Testing of Autonomic Nervous System by Deep Breathing Using a Smartphone

스마트폰을 이용한 심호흡 기반 자율신경계 테스트

  • 하상호 (순천향대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 추창우 (순천향대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 석진명 (순천향대학교 의과대학 신경과교실) ;
  • 박종규 (순천향대학교 천안병원 신경과) ;
  • 박상흠 (순천향대학교 천안병원 소화기내과)
  • Received : 2023.05.10
  • Accepted : 2023.06.14
  • Published : 2023.07.31
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Abstract

Measuring heart rate variability by deep breathing and using this to evaluate the autonomic nervous system is a well-known method widely used in various clinical fields. In hospitals, expensive equipment is installed and managed by experts for this purpose. This paper discusses an app we developed that can easily test the autonomic nervous system by deep breathing anytime, anywhere using a smartphone, and then reviews experiments performed to verify the results. The experiments were conducted in the clinical room of the Department of Neurology at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital on eight volunteers. We tested the autonomic nervous systems of the volunteers first with an electromyography device installed in the hospital and then with the app under identical conditions. We performed a correlation analysis on the results of these two methods using the Pearson method, and this yielded a very high correlation of 0.98.

심호흡을 통해서 심박수 변이를 측정하고, 이를 이용하여 자율신경계를 평가하는 것은 잘 알려진 방법으로 다양한 임상 분야에서 널리 이용되고 있다. 병원에서는 이를 위해서 고가의 장비가 설치되고 전문가에 의해서 운용되고 있다. 논문에서는 스마트폰을 이용하여 언제 어디서나 간편하게 심호흡을 통해서 자율신경계를 테스트할 수 있는 앱을 개발하고, 실험을 통해서 개발된 앱을 검증하였다. 실험은 지원자 8명에 대해서 순천향대학교 천안병원 신경과 임상실에서 진행되었다. 지원자에 대한 자율신경계 테스트를 다음 두 가지 방법으로 진행하였다. 먼저 병원에 설치된 근전도 검사기를 이용하였고, 다음에 동일한 조건에서 개발된 앱을 적용하였다. Pearson 방법을 이용하여 이 두 가지 방법의 실험 결과간에 상관 분석을 수행하였고, 분석 결과는 0.98의 매우 높은 상관관계를 보여준다.

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이 논문은 2021학년도 순천향대학교 교수 연구년제에 의하여 연구하였음.

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