An ultra-high input impedance ECG amplifier for long-term monitoring of athletes

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a,b   Bifulco, Paolo ^a   Cesarelli, Mario ^a   Ruffo, Mariano ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Calvo, Rafael A ^b   Jin, Craig ^b   van Schaik, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioelectric potentials; Biomedical electrodes; ECG monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; SPORTS;

AG/AGCL ELECTRODES; BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODES; BLUE-TOOTH MODULE; ECG MONITORING; LONG TERM MONITORING; RECORDING SYSTEMS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS CONNECTIVITIES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MONITORING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77955444718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/mder.s9321     Document Type: Article

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