Estimation of human trunk movements by wearable strain sensors and improvement of sensor’s placement on intelligent biomedical clothes

This study analyses a wearable sensor to record strain caused by trunk movement designed as a shirt. The rehabilitation of the trunk is key to improve balance and allow patient self-sufficiency.The device focuses on recording the macro-movements generally used during rehabilitation instead of micro contractions of the muscles. This leads to instant feedback to the patient and also records data for a physical therapist. This follows the growing trend of user feedback and rehabilitation and patient monitoring. The current device records the information to a device put in a pocket, which could eventually be a smartphone that could upload the data straight to the clinic for a physical therapist to monitor and analyse. This could lead to significantly less patient visits to a physical therapist because they can monitor improvement constantly, as well as instant feedback to a patient to see if any daily activities are creating excess strain.


http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/11/1/95