Kinetic Analysis of Movement With Wearable Systems
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 389
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Interests: wearable technologies for movement analysis; smart sensors; inertial sensors pervasive measurement; biomechanics of movement in sport; algorithm for movement identification and classification; injury prevention in sport; training load estimation; biofeedback
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Dear Colleagues,
Kinetic analysis explores the factors that cause movement, particularly focusing on the forces and moments exerted on joints and the various segments of the body. While kinetics is generally measured and obtained in the laboratory using force plates and other stationary systems, measuring it outside the laboratory and in real-life conditions remains a challenge. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) offer many possibilities for designing wearable systems for estimating the kinematics of motion, such as the position and orientation of body segments. However, despite the potential of IMUs and other wearable sensors, including force and pressure transducers, to characterize kinetic values, their application in kinetic measurements remains comparatively under-utilized.
This Special Issue deals with wearable measurement systems in which sensors such as IMUs, force and pressure transducers, and other body-worn sensors are used to estimate key kinetic parameters such as force, moment, power, and energy. The focus of this Special Issue goes beyond the controlled conditions of the laboratory and concentrates on activities carried out in the real world.
We invite original contributions discussing kinetic estimation using body-worn sensors with an emphasis on investigating the validity and reliability of proposed systems when deployed outside the laboratory environment. In addition, this Special Issue focuses on measurement systems that are applicable and relevant in the clinical, health, and sports fields. By exploring the potential of wearable technology in the assessment of movement kinetics, this collection aims to bridge the gap between laboratory-based studies and real-world applications, promoting advances in our understanding of human movement.
Prof. Dr. Kamiar Aminian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs)
- force and pressure transducers
- wearable technologies
- joint force and moment
- physical activity power
- energy expenditure
- clinical, health, and sports fields
- inverse dynamics and machine learning models, validation and reliability
- biofeedback
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