Breathing Signature as Vitality Score Index Created by Exercises of Qigong: Implications of Artificial Intelligence Tools Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Abstract
:1. Background
2. Clinical Significance
3. Mechanism of Action for Practice of Breathing
4. Comprehensive Healthcare by Integrating Western Medicine with TCM
5. The Concept
6. Technology and AI Medicine
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Technology of Medical Measurement | Evidence-Based Wellness and Maintenance | Disease-Centric Parameters of Personalized Strategies | References |
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Hypoxia | hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). | hypoxia-ischemia | [19] |
Local/regional hypoxia | Hippocampus | CA3 pyramidal neurons | [6] |
Whole-body hypoxia | Heart functions | myocardial infarction | [4] |
Breathing patterns | Non-Invasive Stretchable and Wearable Respiratory Rate Sensor for respiration rate | [32] | |
e-Health nasal sensor (consists of a passive and non-invasive single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) acquisition module and an ECG-derived respiratory (EDR) algorithm in the working prototype of a mobile application) | [33] | ||
Nose breathing vs. mouth breathing (correlations between mouth breathing and cognition show that decreased oxygen saturation during mouth breathing results not only in morphological deformations but also in poor learning outcomes) | [34] | ||
Heartbeat/pulse patterns | Flattening of the flow velocity (pulse) patterns correlates with the local severity of arteriosclerotic disease | [35] | |
Preventive medicine using pulse oximetry screening | [36] | ||
Pulse transit time (PTT) is the time it takes a pulse wave to travel between two arterial sites (R-wave-gated photo-plethysmography (RWPP) as of measurement of PTT as a surrogate for intra-thoracic pressure changes in obstructive sleep apnea) | [37] | ||
Pulse Oximetry Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects | [38] | ||
AI-Medicine algorithm | |||
Algorithm to track changes in cardiorespiratory interactions (heartbeat intervals and respiratory recordings under dynamic breathing patterns) | [39] | ||
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) with algorithm for quantifying instantaneous RSA as applied to heartbeat interval and respiratory recordings in order to track changes in cardiorespiratory interactions elicited during meditation, otherwise not evidenced in control resting states) | [40] | ||
Tongue is a critical organ for respiration and speech | [41] | ||
18 voice features with posttraumatic stress disorder | [42] | ||
Breathing pattern parameters: Peak airway pressure (Pawpeek), mean airway pressure (Pawmean), tidal volume (VT, mL/kg), minute volume (MV), respiratory muscle unloading (peak electricity of diaphragm (EAdipeak), P 0.1, VT/EAdi), clinical outcomes (ICU mortality, duration of ventilation days, ICU stay time, hospital stay time | [43] |
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Zhang, J.; Su, Q.; Loudon, W.G.; Lee, K.L.; Luo, J.; Dethlefs, B.A.; Li, S.C. Breathing Signature as Vitality Score Index Created by Exercises of Qigong: Implications of Artificial Intelligence Tools Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2019, 4, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4040071
Zhang J, Su Q, Loudon WG, Lee KL, Luo J, Dethlefs BA, Li SC. Breathing Signature as Vitality Score Index Created by Exercises of Qigong: Implications of Artificial Intelligence Tools Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2019; 4(4):71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4040071
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Junjie, Qingning Su, William G. Loudon, Katherine L. Lee, Jane Luo, Brent A. Dethlefs, and Shengwen Calvin Li. 2019. "Breathing Signature as Vitality Score Index Created by Exercises of Qigong: Implications of Artificial Intelligence Tools Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine" Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 4, no. 4: 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4040071