Wearable sensors for monitoring sports performance and training

Application specific study, analysis and classification of body area wireless sensor network applications

“…The loss of water in the body causes, symptoms, irritability, headache, dizziness, cramps, vomiting, increased body temperature and heart rate, increased perceived work rate, reduced mental function, slow gastric emptying. The performance of the athlete decreases due to 2% drop in body weight caused by dehydration [65]. In [65] the authors described the development and testing procedure of a fluid handling using BASN for the real-time analysis of sweat pH and sodium level during the exercise.…”

Ubiquitous Health Monitoring: Integration of Wearable Sensors, Novel Sensing Techniques, and Body Sensor Networks

“…While postures and movements can be captured with high speed cameras during training, wearable sensors are often simultaneously used to deepen coaches' understanding of athletes' conditions. It is common to monitor breathing pattern for respiratory training; body kinematics and posture for reinforcing body awareness and movement efficiency; foot plantar pressure for gait analyzes; electromyogram (EMG) for detecting muscle fatigue; muscle oxygenation for evaluating aerobic efficiency, as well as amount of sweat for prescribing rehydration strategies [20][21][22]. According to a recent market research, mHealth is in the commercialization phase with the first batch of users who are mainly interested in sports and fitness.…”

Novel wireless-communicating textiles made from multi-material and minimally-invasive fibers

“…The integration of multifunctional use in such a common material has become a special area of interest in recent years. Fiber yarns, and fabrics [1] with added functionality have been developed for a wide range of applications in sport training [2,3] and healthcare industries [4], fashion [5], work ware and military [6,7]. It has been shown that various optical and electrical functionalities may be delivered at length scales and in a mechanically flexible form associated with fibers [8][9][10].…”