| BT | body temperature |
| HR | heart rate |
| RR | respiratory rate |
| BP | blood pressure |
| StO2 | pulse oxygenation |
| BG | blood glucose |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| JF and JM | reviewers |
| ASP | reviewer consulted in case of doubt |
| AMSTAR | Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2.0 |
| OBS | observational |
| USA | United States of America |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| RCT | randomized control trial |
| nRCT | non-randomized control trial |
| CSS | cross-sectional |
| CC | case control |
| CO | cross over |
| PRO | prospective |
| CS | case series |
| * | development of a monitoring system |
| n | number of studies |
| - | not reported |
| PA | physical activity |
| ECG | echocardiography |
| IT | information technology |
| AF | atrial fibrillation |
| CGM | continuous glucose monitoring |
| RPM | remote patient monitoring |
| F | free-living |
| C | controlled |
| H | hospitalized |
| CHD | coronary heart disease |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SB | sedentary behavior |
| METs | metabolic equivalent of task |
| cpm | counts per minute |
| VA | vertical axis |
| VM | vertical magnitude |
| bpm | beats per minute |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| IMUs | inertial motion units |
| FEV1 | first second of forced expiration |
| ICC | intraclass coefficient correlation |
| r | coefficient correlation |
| Phy | physiological monitoring |
| Fx | functional monitoring |
| Em | emergency detection |
| SaSe | safety/security monitoring |
| TV | television |