VivoMetrics Lifeshirt System Used in Study Involving Children and Parents Affected By 9/11
Posted on: Monday, 12 September 2005, 09:00 CDT
VENTURA, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- VivoMetrics, Inc., in partnership with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Child and Family Resilience Program and the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services Center for Trauma Program Innovation, announced today that they will be collaborating in a planned research project that will use the VivoMetrics LifeShirt System to study the effects of posttraumatic stress on cardiologic response in young children and parents who were affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The VivoMetrics LifeShirt(R) is the first non-invasive, ambulatory monitoring system that continuously collects, records, and analyzes a broad range of cardiopulmonary parameters. Study participants will wear the lightweight, machine washable garment with embedded sensors to record cardiac activity during an active sequence of interactive dyadic tasks. Participants include mothers and children ages 4-9 exposed to the attacks and the planned research will be integrated into a larger, on-going study of infants and toddlers within this same demographic.
The planned study's three main objectives are to compare cardiac reactivity between trauma-exposed children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and those without; compare cardiac reactivity between trauma-exposed mothers with PTSD and those without; and determine whether maternal PTSD predicts child cardiac reactivity.
It is hoped that the LifeShirt System will be able to provide more accurate results than traditional recording methods because it allows for unrestricted activity by participants and reduces the risk of sensor and lead disruption during the study.
"Unfortunately many children are struck by PTSD following a tragic event in their lives," said Paul Kennedy, CEO of VivoMetrics. "VivoMetrics is pleased to work with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services on the planned study with children directly affected by the events of 9/11 in order to help further our understanding of this disorder."
"Without the LifeShirt System, much of the proposed work would be impossible to complete," said Dr. Claude Chemtob, Ph.D. of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study. "Our major concern was the fact that past studies measured children's heart rates by using a monitor that was clipped to the earlobe. While basic vital signs could be measured, heart rate variability - a very significant factor in childhood PTSD could not be recorded. The LifeShirt System gives us the ability to measure variability, giving us a better view of what is occurring upon exposure to set stimuli."
"To our knowledge, this study will be the first to assess physiology during mother-child interactions, which are believed to be vital in moderating the impact of trauma in affected children," said Dr. Robert Abramovitz of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and co-principal investigator of the Infant, Toddler 9/11 study. "The LifeShirt System is crucial to researching the parameters that have been set forth in the study, and we're excited to be working with VivoMetrics to improve the lives of children affected by 9/11 and many other forms of stressful traumas."
For more information about VivoMetrics and the LifeShirt System, visit http://www.vivometrics.com/
About the LifeShirt System
The LifeShirt System is the first non-invasive, ambulatory monitoring system that continuously collects, records and analyzes a broad range of cardiopulmonary parameters. Users wear a lightweight, machine washable garment with embedded sensors that collect pulmonary, cardiac, posture and activity signals. Data collected by integrated peripheral devices measure blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, EEG/EOG, periodic leg movement, temperature, end tidal CO2 and cough. An electronic diary captures subjective user input and all physiologic and subject data are correlated over time. The LifeShirt System has received FDA clearance and EMEA approval (CE Mark).
About VivoMetrics
VivoMetrics, founded in 1999, develops and markets an ambulatory monitoring devices and provides services for the collection, analysis and reporting of subject-specific physiologic data. Pharmaceutical companies use VivoMetrics' technologies to improve the speed and economics of clinical research. The company's offerings also enable academic researchers to discover new clinical signatures of disease, and U.S. Government agencies to protect the lives of military and civilian first responders.
About Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) is one of the world's foremost centers for medical care and science. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine has a tradition of successfully encouraging innovation in patient care, medical education (including patient education), and research. Internationally recognized for its wide range of cutting-edge research programs, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine has a major commitment to community service initiatives. Consistent with that commitment, Mount Sinai faculty developed key community support initiatives following 9/11. These include a major service and research program to screen and support the health of WTC rescue and recovery workers, pediatric education initiatives to increase the capacity of child-serving primary care physicians to recognize and address mental health problems in traumatized children (with the American Association of Pediatrics), and several major mental health initiatives to assist the recovery of children and adults, including the creation of the first registry of children bereaved as a result of 9/11 as a base from which to mount systematic support for these children.
The Child and Adolescent Trauma Recovery program is a specialty clinical and research program created (before 9/11) to care for children and families exposed to a wide variety of trauma. It is probably the first child trauma specialty clinical resource established in New York City. Among other activities, the Program comprises several clinical and research programs focused on young children exposed to disaster and terrorism, including international collaborations in Israel and Sri Lanka. The program also focuses on young children with serious medical disease.
About the Center for Trauma program Innovation at the Jewish Board of Family and Children' Services, Inc.
The Center for Trauma Program Innovation (CTPI) is a specialized program designed to disseminate and implement innovative programs for the treatment of traumatized children and youth served by New York City mental health/social service providers. JBFCS, the host organization of the CTPI, is one of New York City's oldest and largest non-profit, non-sectarian, mental health and social service agencies. JBFCS operates more than 170 community-based programs, residential facilities, and day treatment centers that on any particular day serves an average of 10,800 people of all religious, racial and ethnic backgrounds throughout NY.
Elizabeth Gravatte Vice President of Sales & Marketing VivoMetrics Inc. 805.275.5834 egravatte@vivometrics.com Paulina Piekarski Connors Communications for VivoMetrics 212.798.1407 paulina@connors.com
VivoMetrics
CONTACT: Elizabeth Gravatte, Vice President of Sales & Marketing,VivoMetrics Inc., +1-805-275-5834, egravatte@vivometrics.com; or PaulinaPiekarski of Connors Communications for VivoMetrics, +1-212-798-1407,paulina@connors.com
Web site: http://www.vivometrics.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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