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61 not. Furthermore, the therapists can use the clouds and check the progress of the patients and make proper adjustments for treatments. The above-mentioned device could supervise the sports frequency, time and movements of the patient. However, it cannot calculate the sports intensity which is an essential element in the sports prescription. According to the suggestions given by World Health Organization in 2010, adults should do sports at least for150 minutes per week with a middle or high intensity or 75 minutes at least with a high intensity. Also, the American College of Sports Medicine makes similar statement and suggests that adults should exercise five days per week with a middle or high sports intensity or three days at least per week with a high intensity. From these two organizations, we can realize the importance of sports intensity. Though it is quite convenient to calculate the sports intensity by heartrate, it is easily influenced by many external and internal factors such as climate, emotions, pressure and diseases, etc. And based on different individual cardiorespiratory endurance, there will be different results of heartrates under the same sports tolerance. As a result, the heartrate cannot help judge the changes of external intensity, Picture 3 SWORD Health monitors the patient’s gesture and give treatment or prescriptions through the clouds Source: SWORD Health’s official website
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