Recent developments in sensors for wearable device applications

Y Cheng, K Wang, H Xu, T Li, Q Jin, D Cui - Analytical and bioanalytical …, 2021 - Springer
Wearable devices are a new means of human-computer interaction with different functions,
underlying principles, and forms. They have been widely used in the medical and health …

Wearable stretch sensors for human movement monitoring and fall detection in ergonomics

H Chander, RF Burch, P Talegaonkar… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wearable sensors are beneficial for continuous health monitoring, movement analysis,
rehabilitation, evaluation of human performance, and for fall detection. Wearable stretch …

Electromechanical fatigue properties of dielectric elastomer capacitive sensors based on plantarflexion of the human ankle joint

AK Persons, C Middleton, E Parker, JE Ball… - ECS Sensors …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Wearable stretch sensors have potential applications across many fields including medicine
and sports, but the accuracy of the data produced by the sensors over repeated uses is …

Fatigue testing of wearable sensing technologies: Issues and opportunities

AK Persons, JE Ball, C Freeman, DM Macias… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Standards for the fatigue testing of wearable sensing technologies are lacking. The majority
of published fatigue tests for wearable sensors are performed on proof-of-concept stretch …

Closing the wearable gap—Part VI: Human gait recognition using deep learning methodologies

S Davarzani, D Saucier, P Peranich, W Carroll… - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
A novel wearable solution using soft robotic sensors (SRS) has been investigated to model
foot-ankle kinematics during gait cycles. The capacitance of SRS related to foot-ankle basic …

Closing the wearable gap—part III: use of stretch sensors in detecting ankle joint kinematics during unexpected and expected slip and trip perturbations

H Chander, E Stewart, D Saucier, P Nguyen, T Luczak… - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: An induced loss of balance resulting from a postural perturbation has been
reported as the primary source for postural instability leading to falls. Hence; early detection …

Closing the wearable gap—Part V: Development of a pressure-sensitive sock utilizing soft sensors

T Luczak, RF Burch V, BK Smith, DW Carruth… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of compressible soft robotic sensors (C-
SRS) in determining plantar pressure to infer vertical and shear forces in wearable …

Non-contact smart sensing of physical activities during quarantine period using SDR technology

MB Khan, A Mustafa, M Rehman, NA AbuAli, C Yuan… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global pandemic of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is dramatically changing the
lives of humans and results in limitation of activities, especially physical activities, which lead …

Closing the wearable gap—Part IV: 3D motion capture cameras versus soft robotic sensors comparison of gait movement assessment

D Saucier, S Davarzani, A Turner, T Luczak, P Nguyen… - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to use 3D motion capture and stretchable soft robotic sensors
(SRS) to collect foot-ankle movement on participants performing walking gait cycles on flat …

In silico finite element analysis of the foot ankle complex biomechanics: a literature review

PK Phan, ATN Vo… - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Computational approaches, especially finite element analysis (FEA), have been rapidly
growing in both academia and industry during the last few decades. FEA serves as a …