Using a design-inclusive research approach, the study investigated how recreational runners in cardiac rehabilitation experience and interpret different layers of heart data, and how this data could be meaningfully embodied within their home environment to share with partners.​​

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A physical prototype was used as a provocative conversational tool during collaborative sessions to elicit reflections on data monitoring, interpretation, and everyday use. In a second phase, the project examined potential data-sharing practices between patients and their partners. This was explored through collaborative sessions using card-sorting and visual design tools to communicate and reflect on the concept of HeartLoop as an ambient data artefact.​

The research resulted in insights into users’ needs around data monitoring and sharing, and informed design considerations for ambient, dyadic interfaces that sensitively support cardiac telerehabilitation.​​