BioTrainer-Professional

PO Box 728 - Arnold, MD 21012 - (410) 544-3662

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The BioTrainer-Pro is ideally suited for structured training & personalized rehab. With the supplied smart cable & Windows software, data can be downloaded directly to a PC for charting daily, weekly, & monthly accomplishments. Data is also formatted for easy export to spreadsheets.

Accelerometer motion sensor

Body movements sampled @ 40 per second

Comprehensive display & analysis software

Digital integration of all movement activity

File management, print, & export to spreadsheets

Compatible with Windows based PC

Direct download to PC

Each unit individually calibrated

Epoch Length	Data Format	LCD Readout
70 days @ 5 minutes	Physical Activity Data	Display Data
44 days @ 2 minutes	Calories Burned Data	Hide Data
22 days @ 1 minutes
11 days @ 30 seconds
5 1/2 days @ 15 seconds

Beeper-size Monitor Measures Physical Activity

The BioTrainer-Pro is a handy, clip-to-the-belt device for measuring physical activity. This beeper-size unit has a storage capacity of 112 days and is especially useful for recording lifestyle exercise in applications involving obesity, weight-loss, health and fitness.

The monitor features a biaxial acceleration sensor for measuring a full range of body movements from sedentary to intense activity. Data is digitally sampled, accumulated in 15 sec, 30 sec.,1 min., 2 min., or 5 min. epochs and saved as either absolute "g" units or converted to calories burned. A large LCD readout provides for immediate visual feedback or the display can be disabled.

With the unit's download cable, data can be transferred to a Windows-based PC. A comprehensive display and analysis software package provides for printable graphic plots, file management and data export to spreadsheets.

The BioTrainer-Pro was developed through research supported by The National Institutes of Health.

Clinical Studies:
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University conducted a weight loss study ( presented at the American Psychiatric Association 1998 ) to assess the benefits of visual feedback coupled with lifestyle exercising. Subjects who wore the BioTrainer-Pro with activity displayed were motivated to walk 40 minutes a day on average, compared to 29 minutes for the group without feedback. Over 8 months, those in the BioTrainer Pro group lost an average of 24 pounds; the others, 14.

In another Johns Hopkins' study (JAMA, 1999; vol. 281; #4), 40 overweight women were split into two groups. One group increased lifestyle activities using the BioTrainer-Pro; the other attended three aerobic classes per week. After 16 weeks, the study showed that increased casual activity works just as well as exercise classes. Both groups lost about 17.5 pounds. After a year, the BioTrainer-Pro group regained only 0.5 pounds vs. 3.5 for aerobics. This study demonstrated that visual feedback is both motivational and helps reduce the "yo-yo" effect during weight-loss maintenance.

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