J Korean Med Assoc.  2009 Dec;52(12):1154-1163. 10.5124/jkma.2009.52.12.1154.

u-Health for Management of Chronic Diseases: Physical Activity and Therapeutic Exercise

• Choi EH
• Seo JY

• KMID: 2188128
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2009.52.12.1154

Abstract

Recently, the aging society is facing with the rapid increase of chronic diseases. Despite the advanced medical technology, chronic diseases have not comprehensively managed yet. In the modern society, many people have to spend their extended life span suffering from chronic diseases and disabilities, and also a huge medical cost has emerged as a serious social problem. With IT improvement, u-health system has been developed to link home and medical service systems by arranging medical data, decision making and medical guidelines for various situations. It can promote the therapeutic compliance for the patients with chronic diseases. And also for the medical service providers, it can provide useful data to make an accurate medical decision. As we know, the chronic disease is caused by inactivity and the management of chronic disease requires the modification of inactive life style. U-health medical fitness system can not only prescribe proper activity to control the chronic disease but also it can monitor the patients' physical activity in everyday life. By the successful management of chronic diseases based on u-health system, we want to achieve the expansion of disease-free and disability-free life expectancy and a solution to reduce the burden of medical expenses in modern society eventually.

Keyword

Chronic disease; Physical activity; Life style; u-Health; u-Health medical fitness system

MeSH Terms

Aging
Aluminum Hydroxide
Carbonates
Chronic Disease
Compliance
Decision Making
Humans
Life Expectancy
Life Style
Motor Activity
Organothiophosphorus Compounds
Social Problems
Stress, Psychological
Aluminum Hydroxide
Carbonates
Organothiophosphorus Compounds

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  Figure 1 Diability-free life expectancy in OECD. (WHO. World Health Report, 2004)

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  Figure 2 Cardiovascular disease related risk factors.

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  Figure 3 The risk of dying prematurely declines as people become physically active

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  Figure 4 The developing flow of IT technology and aging society of Korea.

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  Figure 5 u-Health service model for asthma management.

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  Figure 6 u-Health medical fitness system.

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  Figure 7 Heart rate auto regulated aerobic exercise system.

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  Figure 8 Heart rate data with auto regulated system.

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  Figure 9 Heart rate data without auto regulated system.

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  Figure 10 Physical activity tracker system.

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