Background Emerging sensing and communication technologies are contributing to the
development of many motor rehabilitation programs outside the standard healthcare …

Purpose Motion capture system (MoCap) has been used in measuring the human body
segments in several applications including film special effects, health care, outer-space and …

We propose a novel polymer optical fiber (POF) sensing system based on fiber Bragg
gratings (FBGs) to measure foot plantar pressure. The plantar pressure signals are detected …

The tremendous increase in the demand for data rates due to bandwidth-hungry
applications, the explosive growth in the number of devices and the advent of new services …

This paper addresses the intractable problem of attaining precise attitude estimation
efficiently using MEMS MARG (magnetic, angular rate, and gravity) sensors for 3-D motion …

Background Technological advancements in functional neuroimaging and motion capture
have led to the development of novel methods that facilitate the diagnosis and rehabilitation …

The monitoring of coordinative abilities in sports applications is often carried out by trainers
that adopt subjective protocols and evaluations not supported by repeatable and …

Gait analysis is one of the most basic methods for assessing a patient's biopsychological
status. Doctors can distinguish people with mental and neurological disorders by monitoring …

In order to tap the world wide offshore wind resources above deep waters, cost efficient
floating platforms are inevitable. Tension-Leg Platforms (TLPs) could enable that crucial cost …

Recent years have witnessed the rapid development of microelectromechanical systems,
and human motion tracking technology based on IMU (inertial measurement unit) has …