Medical Xpress April 9, 2025
Diana Yates, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The time it takes the heart to return to its baseline rhythm after exercise can predict a host of cardiovascular or metabolic disorders. In a new study, scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign used a “smart shirt” equipped with an electrocardiogram to track participants’ heart-rate recovery after exercise and developed a tool for analyzing the data to predict those at higher or lower risk of heart-related ailments.

They report their findings in the IEEE Journal of Health Informatics.

“The heart’s response to exercise provides us with an early indicator of changes in health, in particular cardiovascular function and mortality,” said Manuel Hernandez, a professor of biomedical and translational sciences at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine who led the...

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