Wearable sensors/systems and their impact on biomedical engineering

By Paolo Bonato. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 2003

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Wearable Sensors for Remote Health Monitoring (2017, background): “Besides this, wearable GSR monitoring system allows patients to monitor GSR level in their home environment to provide a better assessment of their psychophysiological condition than the evaluation made at laboratories or hospitals from short-term measurement [83,84].”
Foot Plantar Pressure Measurement System: A Review (2012, background): “Typical applications are footwear design [1], sports performance analysis and injury prevention [2], improvement in balance control [3], and diagnosing disease [4].”
Xsens MVN: Full 6DOF Human Motion Tracking Using Miniature Inertial Sensors (2009, background): “The use of inertial sensors has become a common practice in ambulatory motion analysis [1, 2].”
A review of wearable sensors and systems with application in rehabilitation (2012, background): “Conclusions Whereas the first decade of research in the field of wearable technology was marked by an emphasis on the engineering work needed to develop wearable sensors and systems [123], recent studies have been focused on the application of such technology toward monitoring health and wellness.”
Ambulatory Position and Orientation Tracking Fusing Magnetic and Inertial Sensing (2007, background): “RECENT developments in miniature sensor technology have opened many possibilities for motion analysis outside the laboratory [3].”
Gait Analysis Using Wearable Sensors (2012, background): “force sensors, strain gauges, inclinometers, goniometers, and so on, can measure various characteristics of the human gait [20,21].”
A Survey on Wearable Sensor-Based Systems for Health Monitoring and Prognosis (2010, background): “In addition to that, WHMS constitute a new means to address the issues of managing and monitoring chronic diseases, elderly people, postoperative rehabilitation patients, and persons with special abilities [5], [6].”
Wearable Sensors and Systems (2010, background): “O ver the past decade, wearable technology has gained the interest of researchers and clinicians [1].”