Method and device arrangement for measuring physical exercise promoting cholesterol metabolism

Abstract

A measuring device and a method estimates the quantity and quality of exercises performed having an advantageous impact on cholesterol metabolism. In the method, accelerations exerted on a person during daily exercise performed by the person are continuously recorded by a measuring device including an acceleration transducer. The recorded results are visible in the measuring device or an external device. Based on the received feedback, the person can change the quantity and quality of his/her exercise so that it has an advantageous impact on cholesterol metabolism.

1 . A method for defining and presenting physical exercise performed promoting cholesterol metabolism caused by an exercise performed by a person (1) exercising, which method comprises:
 a step in which by a transducer unit measuring acceleration data carried by the person exercising acceleration peaks experienced by the supportive organs of the body of the person exercising are continuously measured   a step in which said acceleration peaks measured by the transducer unit from a certain period are classified to belong to an acceleration level class, characterised in that for making an estimate related to the exercise performed promoting cholesterol metabolism the method further comprises:   a step in which the classified acceleration peaks are compared to reference data measured from the normal population by acceleration measurements in which data the persons exercising are divided into four classes describing the activity of exercise which classification is made using said peak level acceleration classification;   a step in which by using the measured acceleration peaks it is identified into which class describing the activity of exercise the person can be classified; and   a step in which based on said class describing the exercise performed it is identified if the exercise performed by the person has promoted cholesterol metabolism.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , characterised in that for a person belonging to a class showing the highest exercise activity is presented that the exercise performed has promoted cholesterol metabolism. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , characterised in that for defining the highest exercise activity class the measurement range of acceleration peaks +0.3-+9.2 g is divided into acceleration level classes which comprise the acceleration level classes; 0.3-1.O g 1  1.1-2.4 g, 2.5-3.8 g, 3.9-5.3 g and 5.4- 9.2 g. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , characterised in that each measured acceleration peak adds to the occurrence number of its own acceleration level class with one. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , characterised in that if the occurrence numbers in different acceleration level classes reach the following tabulated daily and weekly numbers, the exercise performed by the person is classified in the highest exercise activity class: 
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                 
                     
                   Measured 
                     
                   Measured 
                 
                   Maximum 
                   Acceleration 
                     
                   Acceleration 
                 
                   Acceleration 
                   Peaks 
                   Weighting 
                   Peaks 
                 
                   Class 
                   (number)/day 
                   Coefficient 
                   (number)/week 
                 
                     
                 
                     
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                   >1.1 g 
                   >726 
                   33% 
                   >5082 
                 
                   >2.5 g 
                   >205 
                   33% 
                   >1435 
                 
                   >3.9 g 
                   >78 
                   33% 
                   >546 
                 
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
               
            
             
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
         still observing the fact that 45%, at the most, of the corresponding threshold value of the weekly number of acceleration peaks in each maximum acceleration class is considered in the calculation of the number of acceleration peaks of one day. 
       
     
     
         6 . A transducer unit for use in defining and presenting exercise performed promoting cholesterol metabolism caused by the exercise performed by a person exercising, which transducer unit comprises:
 at least one acceleration transducer for continuous measuring of acceleration peaks experienced by the person   a processing unit and a memory related to it for classifying acceleration peaks into acceleration level classes, for making an analysis based on them and for saving the result of the analysis,   characterised in that the processing unit is configured in said analysis:   to compare the classified measurement data of the person exercising obtained from the acceleration transducer to a reference data measured from the normal population,   in which persons exercising are classified using said acceleration level classification into four exercise activity classes;   to classify based on the measured acceleration peaks the person exercising into one of said exercise activity classes; and   to present to the person having performed exercise based on said exercise activity class if the exercise performed by the person has been sufficient for promoting cholesterol metabolism.   
     
     
         7 . The transducer unit according to  claim 6 , characterised in that for the person belonging to a highest class of exercise activity is configured to be presented that the exercise performed has promoted cholesterol metabolism. 
     
     
         8 . The transducer unit according to  claim 7 , characterised in that for defining the highest exercise activity class a measurement range of acceleration peaks +0.3-+9.2 g is divided into acceleration level classes which comprise the acceleration level classes: 0.3-1.0 g, 1.1-2.4 g, 2.5-3.8 g, 3.9-5.3 g and 5.4- 9.2 g. 
     
     
         9 . The transducer unit according to  claim 8 , characterised in that each measured acceleration peak is configured to add to the occurrence number of its own acceleration level class with one. 
     
     
         10 . The transducer unit according to  claim 9 , characterised in that if the occurrence numbers in different acceleration level classes reach the following tabulated daily and weekly numbers, an exercise performed by the person is arranged to be classified in the highest exercise activity class: 
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                 
                     
                   Measured 
                     
                   Measured 
                 
                   Maximum 
                   Acceleration 
                     
                   Acceleration 
                 
                   Acceleration 
                   Peaks 
                   Weighting 
                   Peaks 
                 
                   Class 
                   (number)/day 
                   Coefficient 
                   (number)/week 
                 
                     
                 
                     
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                   >1.1 g 
                   >726 
                   33% 
                   >5082 
                 
                   >2.5 g 
                   >205 
                   33% 
                   >1435 
                 
                   >3.9 g 
                   >78 
                   33% 
                   >546 
                 
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
               
            
             
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
         still observing the fact that 45%, at the most, of the corresponding threshold value of the weekly number of acceleration peaks in each maximum acceleration class is considered in the calculation of the number of acceleration peaks of one day. 
       
     
     
         11 . The transducer unit according to  claim 10 , characterised in that the efficiency of the exercise performed by the person for promoting cholesterol metabolism is configured to be presented by indicator means contained by the transducer unit either as a day-specific or week-specific estimate. 
     
     
         12 . The transducer unit according to  claim 11 , characterised in that the indicator means comprise an indicator of ON-OFF type in which the ON state indicates that the objective of the exercise performed is reached and the OFF state indicates that the objective of the exercise performed remains unreached. 
     
     
         13 . The transducer unit according to  claim 11 , characterised in that the indicator means comprise a graphic display device by which the reaching level of the objective of the exercise performed is configured to be presented as a graph. 
     
     
         14 . The transducer unit according to  claim 6 , characterised in that the transducer unit is part of a terminal device of a cellular telephone network. 
     
     
         15 . A computer program, characterised in that it comprises computer program code means which are configured to perform all steps of the method defined in  claim 1  when running said computer program in the processing unit.