Silva, Hugo Plácido daCarreiras, CarlosLourenço, André RibeiroFred, AnaNeves, Rui César dasFerreira, Rui2016-04-272016-04-272015-04-01SILVA, Hugo Plácido da; [et al] - Off-the-person electrocardiography: performance assessment and clinical correlation. Health and Technology. ISSN 2190-7188. Vol. 4, N.º 4 (2015), pp. 309-3182190-71882190-7196http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/6105Previous work by our group introduced a novel concept and sensor design for “off-the-person” ECG, for which evidence on how it compares against standard clinical-grade equipment has been largely missing. Our objectives with this work are to characterise the off-the-person approach in light of the current ECG systems landscape, and assess how the signals acquired using this simplified setup compare with clinical-grade recordings. Empirical tests have been performed with real-world data collected from a population of 38 control subjects, to analyze the correlation between both approaches. Results show off-the-person data to be correlated with clinical-grade data, demonstrating the viability of this approach to potentially extend preventive medicine practices by enabling the integration of ECG monitoring into multiple dimensions of people’s everyday lives. © 2015, IUPESM and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.engElectrocardiographyOff-the-personPervasive healthTaxonomyjournal article10.1007/s12553-015-0098-y