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Sport in Town: The Smart Healthy ENV Project, a Pilot Study of Physical Activity with Multiparametric Monitoring

Background: Increasing evidence links meteorological characteristics and air pollution to physiological responses during sports activities in urban areas with different traffic levels. Objective: The main objective of the Smart Healthy ENV (SHE, “Smart Monitoring Integrated System For A Healthy Urba...

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Autores principales: Laurino, Marco, Lomonaco, Tommaso, Bellagambi, Francesca Giuseppa, Ghimenti, Silvia, Messeri, Alessandro, Morabito, Marco, Marrucci, Elena, Pratali, Lorenza, Trivella, Maria Giovanna
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33801395
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052432
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author Laurino, Marco
Lomonaco, Tommaso
Bellagambi, Francesca Giuseppa
Ghimenti, Silvia
Messeri, Alessandro
Morabito, Marco
Marrucci, Elena
Pratali, Lorenza
Trivella, Maria Giovanna
author_facet Laurino, Marco
Lomonaco, Tommaso
Bellagambi, Francesca Giuseppa
Ghimenti, Silvia
Messeri, Alessandro
Morabito, Marco
Marrucci, Elena
Pratali, Lorenza
Trivella, Maria Giovanna
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description Background: Increasing evidence links meteorological characteristics and air pollution to physiological responses during sports activities in urban areas with different traffic levels. Objective: The main objective of the Smart Healthy ENV (SHE, “Smart Monitoring Integrated System For A Healthy Urban Environment In Smart Cities”) project was to identify the specific responses of a group of volunteers during physical activity, by monitoring their heart rates and collecting breath samples, combined with data on meteorological determinants and pollution substances obtained through fixed sensor nodes placed along city routes and remotely connected to a dedicated data acquisition server. Methods: Monitoring stations were placed along two urban routes in Pisa, each two km long, with one located within the park beside the Arno river (green route) and the other in a crowded traffic zone (red route). Our sample participants were engaged in sports activities (N = 15, with different levels of ability) and were monitored through wearable sensors. They were first asked to walk back and forth (4 km) and then to run the same route. The experimental sessions were conducted over one day per route. A breath sample was also collected before each test. A questionnaire concerning temperature and fatigue perception was administered for all of the steps of the study over the two days. Results: The heart rates of the participants were monitored in the baseline condition, during walking, and while running, and were correlated with meteorological and pollutant data and with breath composition. Changes in the heart rates and breath composition were detected during the experimental sessions. These variations were related to the physical activity and to the meteorological conditions and air pollution levels. Conclusions: The SHE project can be considered a proof-of-concept study aimed at monitoring physiological and environmental variables during physical activity in urban areas, and can be used in future studies to provide useful information to those involved in sports and the broader community.
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spelling pubmed-79675722021-03-18 Sport in Town: The Smart Healthy ENV Project, a Pilot Study of Physical Activity with Multiparametric Monitoring Laurino, Marco Lomonaco, Tommaso Bellagambi, Francesca Giuseppa Ghimenti, Silvia Messeri, Alessandro Morabito, Marco Marrucci, Elena Pratali, Lorenza Trivella, Maria Giovanna Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Increasing evidence links meteorological characteristics and air pollution to physiological responses during sports activities in urban areas with different traffic levels. Objective: The main objective of the Smart Healthy ENV (SHE, “Smart Monitoring Integrated System For A Healthy Urban Environment In Smart Cities”) project was to identify the specific responses of a group of volunteers during physical activity, by monitoring their heart rates and collecting breath samples, combined with data on meteorological determinants and pollution substances obtained through fixed sensor nodes placed along city routes and remotely connected to a dedicated data acquisition server. Methods: Monitoring stations were placed along two urban routes in Pisa, each two km long, with one located within the park beside the Arno river (green route) and the other in a crowded traffic zone (red route). Our sample participants were engaged in sports activities (N = 15, with different levels of ability) and were monitored through wearable sensors. They were first asked to walk back and forth (4 km) and then to run the same route. The experimental sessions were conducted over one day per route. A breath sample was also collected before each test. A questionnaire concerning temperature and fatigue perception was administered for all of the steps of the study over the two days. Results: The heart rates of the participants were monitored in the baseline condition, during walking, and while running, and were correlated with meteorological and pollutant data and with breath composition. Changes in the heart rates and breath composition were detected during the experimental sessions. These variations were related to the physical activity and to the meteorological conditions and air pollution levels. Conclusions: The SHE project can be considered a proof-of-concept study aimed at monitoring physiological and environmental variables during physical activity in urban areas, and can be used in future studies to provide useful information to those involved in sports and the broader community. MDPI 2021-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7967572/ /pubmed/33801395 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052432 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lomonaco, Tommaso
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Morabito, Marco
Marrucci, Elena
Pratali, Lorenza
Trivella, Maria Giovanna
Sport in Town: The Smart Healthy ENV Project, a Pilot Study of Physical Activity with Multiparametric Monitoring
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33801395
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052432
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