Recognition and utility of wearable and portable health monitoring devices in society - A Review

Abstract

With the advancement of technology, physical activity of human beings has reduced enormously that lead to higher population living a sedentary lifestyle. The same advancement of technology became a key in provision of data respected to health through wearable and portable health monitoring devices. Health monitoring devices are soundly helping people to monitor status of health in a better way. It is also helpful at clinical level in providing more efficient data to practitioners, clinicians and consultants for the diagnostics, research as well as in consideration to the treatment protocols. People are being aware of the use devices like digital thermometers, wearable smart bands, pulse oxy-meter as well as mobile applications that support provide reading like heart rate, respiratory rate, intake and consumption of calories, perspiration, sleep activity, step count etc. This article is constructed to take a review of health monitoring devices that can be used on daily basis and can be personalized to be kept at home.