Mental and physiological wellbeing while rowing across the North Atlantic: a single-case study of subjective versus objective data.

Unassisted rowing across the Atlantic Ocean is an extreme undertaking challenging the human body in every possible way. The reported rowing journey lasted for 42 days in a small vessel with 12 rowers, each rowing for 12 h a day, broken into 3 h shifts. This schedule disrupts the natural circadian cycle and autonomic balance, affecting subjective and objective wellbeing and sleep quality, that lack continuous empirical quantification.

Integrated Platform for the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain.

Background: Chronic low back pain is a global health problem having a tremendous effect on the quality of life of patients.

Objectives: An online therapy management system (TMS) is developed for comprehensive management of chronic low back pain patients.

Methods: A smartphone and a web app are built based on the Keep-In-Touch Telehealth Platform.

Auricular vagus nerve stimulator for closed-loop biofeedback-based operation.

Auricular vagus nerve stimulation (aVNS) is a novel neuromodulatory therapy used for treatment of various chronic systemic disorders. Currently, aVNS is non-individualized, disregarding the physiological state of the patient and therefore making it difficult to reach optimum therapeutic outcomes. A closed-loop aVNS system is required to avoid over-stimulation and under-stimulation of patients, leading to personalized and thus improved therapy.