Researchers are investigating whether subtle hints from wearable wellness devices could help identify asymptomatic coronavirus cases.
may not show symptoms, researchers are investigating whether subtle hints from wearable wellness devices could help identify asymptomatic cases -- a critical advantage in the race to trace the virus's spread.
WHOOP has announced a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic and Central Queensland University in Australia, where scientists will investigate the possible "connection between changes in respiratory rate and COVID-19 symptoms," the company said.As health care providers scramble to test and treat possible cases, at least two tech companies are suggesting they have data that could help, and researchers are beginning to evaluate how effective they could be.
Oura has partnered with the University of California, San Francisco to “study whether physiological data collected by the Oura ring, combined with responses to daily symptom surveys, can predict illness symptoms,” the company said. A similar case recently emerged in New York City, the American epicenter of the disease. On March 11, Brian Eisenberg, a 37-year-old user of a smart bracelet called WHOOP, tested positive for the disease.That morning he woke up with a fever, one of the most common symptoms associated with the virus. But a closer examination of WHOOP’s metrics in the days leading up to his diagnosis indicates coronavirus may have been present before the onset of his high temperature.
Days before registering a fever, recovered COVID-19 patient and WHOOP user Brian Eisenberg noticed a substantial drop in several metrics, including his heart rate variability and his overall "readiness score."The same trend afflicted his heart rate variability – the amount of time between heart beats. Four days before his diagnosis he registered an HRV of 121 milliseconds , then 74 ms the next day, and finally 37 ms on the day he tested positive.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield sits after a meeting with nursing industry representatives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House about the COVID-19 pandemic, March 18, 2020, in Washington.
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