Dartmouth College

Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, for Itself and on Behalf of Dartmouth-hitchcock Clinic

Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, for Itself and on Behalf of Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic Lebanon

John A Batsis

Ryan J Halter

Colin Minor

Curtis Lee Petersen

Suehayla Mohieldin

Emily Wechsler

Devices and methods are disclosed for remote clinical monitoring performance of exercises using a smart resistance exercise device including a resistance band, a first handle connected to a first end of the resistance band and a second handle connected to a second end of the resistance band, a force sensing assembly operably coupled to the resistance band, and a local receiving device communicatively coupled to the force sensing assembly. The force sensing assembly of the device includes a housing, and a force sensor disposed in the housing and operatively connected to the resistance band to measure a force exerted on the resistance band. The force sensing assembly also includes a processing and communication module communicatively coupled to the force sensor to receive measurements of the force sensor and communicatively coupled to the local receiving device to transmit the measurements to the local receiving device.

Remote-sensing, bluetooth-enabled resistance exercise band

Devices and methods are disclosed for remote clinical monitoring performance of exercises using an instrumented resistance device (). An example device () includes a resistance band () having a first end () and a second end (). A first handle () connected to the first end () and a second handle () connected to the second end () of the resistance band (). The device () further includes a force sensing assembly () positioned between the first handle () and the first end (). The force sensing assembly () includes a force sensor () connected to the resistance band (), a microcontroller () connected to the force sensor () to receive a set of load force measurements from the force sensor (), and a communication module () connected to the microcontroller () to transmit the set of load force measurements to a local data receiving device ().

Instrumented resistance exercise device

Remote-sensing, Bluetooth-enabled resistance exercise band

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Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

John A Batsis