Method and system for evaluating a physiological state depicting a person's resources
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating a physiological state depicting a person'"'"'s resources and representing different physiological recovery states, using a processing unit, a terminal device, software and at least one device for entering data, the method comprising:
- determining a plurality of alternatives of physiological states depicting resources wherein one physiological state from the determined alternatives depicts an actual physiological state of the person;
selecting one or more contexts each corresponding to a temporal period for an action/state of the person;
selecting one or more variables for each context;
measuring and recording as a continuous measurement for at least 4 hours, containing one or more selected context;
measuring and recording measurement-background data of the measurement;
defining, with the recorded measurement, a value for each selected variable of the context, from at least one corresponding defined period;
defining temporal periods for each context from the physiological information with the aid of the measurement-background data; and
determining the person'"'"'s actual physiological state by exploiting the measurement-background data and the measured values of the variable of each context using steps of;
defining for each variable, a preselected correlation function in each physiological state to depict the relationship between each physiological state and the variables defined for each context;
computing a value for each preselected correlation function using the values of the said variables and the period of time of the corresponding context;
computing, with the aid of a preselected sum function, a reference value for each physiological state by combining the values of all the computed correlation functions of each physiological state;
determining one physiological state from said alternatives as the actual physiological state based on the reference values using the preselected criterion; and
presenting the actual physiological state depicting the person'"'"'s resources.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for evaluating a physiological state depicting a person'"'"'s resources, in which method the alternatives of physiological states depicting resources are determined, one or more contexts are selected, one or more variables are selected for each context, in which case in the evaluation the person'"'"'s physiological information is measured and recorded, the measurement-background data of the measurement are determined and recorded, a value is defined for a variable of the context, corresponding temporal periods are defined for each context, and the person'"'"'s physiological state is determined. Further, in the method a preselected correlation function is defined, a value is computed for the correlation function, a reference value is computed for each physiological state, and the physiological state of the person is determined. A corresponding system employing the method for evaluating a person'"'"'s physiological state is also disclosed.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating a physiological state depicting a person'"'"'s resources and representing different physiological recovery states, using a processing unit, a terminal device, software and at least one device for entering data, the method comprising:
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determining a plurality of alternatives of physiological states depicting resources wherein one physiological state from the determined alternatives depicts an actual physiological state of the person; selecting one or more contexts each corresponding to a temporal period for an action/state of the person; selecting one or more variables for each context; measuring and recording as a continuous measurement for at least 4 hours, containing one or more selected context; measuring and recording measurement-background data of the measurement; defining, with the recorded measurement, a value for each selected variable of the context, from at least one corresponding defined period; defining temporal periods for each context from the physiological information with the aid of the measurement-background data; and determining the person'"'"'s actual physiological state by exploiting the measurement-background data and the measured values of the variable of each context using steps of; defining for each variable, a preselected correlation function in each physiological state to depict the relationship between each physiological state and the variables defined for each context; computing a value for each preselected correlation function using the values of the said variables and the period of time of the corresponding context; computing, with the aid of a preselected sum function, a reference value for each physiological state by combining the values of all the computed correlation functions of each physiological state; determining one physiological state from said alternatives as the actual physiological state based on the reference values using the preselected criterion; and presenting the actual physiological state depicting the person'"'"'s resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for evaluating a physiological state depicting a person'"'"'s resources and representing different physiological recovery states, in which system the person'"'"'s physiological state is determined on the basis of a measured physiological information, the system comprising:
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a mobile measuring device for measuring the person'"'"'s physiological information as a continuous measurement, which mobile measuring device further comprising means for recording the said information; software means for determining an actual physiological state from a plurality of alternative physiological states; a computer for a user of the system, comprising a user interface for entering initial parameters to the software means and for determining the plurality of alternative physiological states; means for collecting the person'"'"'s measurement-background data, which means comprise a second user interface; a data-transfer network and a server for transferring the person'"'"'s measurement-background data to the said computer; wherein the software means comprising; a preselected correlation function for each variable in each physiological state for computing a correlation value using the values of the variables; a preselected sum function for computing a reference value for each physiological state by combining the correlation values of all the computed correlation functions of each physiological state; and comparison means for determining the person'"'"'s actual physiological state from the reference values using a preselected criterion, wherein one physiological state from the plurality of alternative physiological states represents the actual physiological state of the person.
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