Assistant professor at Umm Al-Qura Uinversity, Saudi Arabia
Dr.Alaa Khushhal is an assistant professor at Umm Al-Qura University in the department of Medical Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He has a PhD degree in cardiac rehabilitation from the University of Hull, UK (2019). He has a master’s degree in clinical rehabilitation from Flinders University, Australia (2013). His research interests are in sensing technology, cardiac rehabilitation and using new technologies, such as the Apple Watch in patients with chronic and cardiac diseases. He published some articles on the validity of the Apple Watch for measuring heart rate and oxygen saturation.