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Master's Thesis
Author of thesis: Bc. Jakub Prukner
Acad. year: 2025/2026
Supervisor: Ing. Jan Šíma
Reviewer: Ing. Oto Janoušek, Ph.D.
This master’s thesis focuses on the comprehensive monitoring and analysis of athletic performance during stair climbing using wearables. The theoretical section reviews the principles of electrocardiography, methods for noise reduction in biosignals, cardiac peak detection, heart rate variability metrics, and the importance of monitoring Heart Rate Recovery after exercise. It also describes mechanical movement parameters extracted from accelerometry data and their application in assessing training workloads. In the practical part, processing algorithms were developed in Python to analyze sensor data collected by the Bittium Faros acquisition device during the Strojařské schody race. The implemented algorithms provide signal filtering, automated detection of R-peaks in the ECG signal, reconstruction of the smoothed heart rate trend, localization of individual floors and landings in the movement record, and subsequent calculation of both cardiovascular and kinematic parameters. The primary output of the thesis is a desktop GUI application that clearly displays the analysis results, featuring an integrated local database for long-term management of athlete profiles and supporting the automated generation and export of comprehensive performance summary reports to PDF format.
ECG, accelerometry, stair climbing, Bittium Faros, signal processing, floor detection, Heart Rate Recovery, Heart Rate Variability, R peaks detection, cadence, GUI
Date of defence
16.06.2026
Result of the defence
Defended (thesis was successfully defended)
Grading
A
Process of defence
Student prezentoval výsledky své práce a komise byla seznámena s posudky. Ing. Plešinger se doptal na vytvořenou aplikaci. Ing. Kratochvíl se doptal na úpravy k zobecnění implementovaného algoritmu a snímaní dat. Ing. Janoušek se doptal na filtraci EKG dat na základě akcelerometrických dat. Prof. Penhaker se doptaal na akvizici dat. Student obhájil diplomovou práci a odpověděl na otázky členů komise a oponenta.
Language of thesis
Czech
Faculty
Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií
Department
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Study programme
Bioengineering (MPC-BIO)
Composition of Committee
prof. Ing. Marek Penhaker, Ph.D. (předseda) Ing. Andrea Němcová, Ph.D. (místopředseda) Ing. Filip Plešinger, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Oto Janoušek, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Jiří Kratochvíla, Ph.D. (člen)
Supervisor’s reportIng. Jan Šíma
Grade proposed by supervisor: A
Reviewer’s reportIng. Oto Janoušek, Ph.D.
Grade proposed by reviewer: B
Responsibility: Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Odstrčilová