Quantitative detection of sleep apnea with wearable watch device.

The spread of wearable watch devices with photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors has made it possible to use continuous pulse wave data during daily life. We examined if PPG pulse wave data can be used to detect sleep apnea, a common but underdiagnosed health problem associated with impaired quality of...

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Main Authors: Junichiro Hayano, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Izumi Nonaka, Makoto Komazawa, Kenichi Itao, Norihiro Ueda, Haruhito Tanaka, Emi Yuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237279