Sensor Technology for Improving Human Movements and Postures: 3rd Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 408
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rehabilitation engineering; technology for elderly people; human movement; postural control; prosthetics; orthotics
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Interests: motion control; robotics and biomectronics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sensor technology can be used to measure movements and postures. Such measurements can potentially improve musculoskeletal health, leading to better quality of life in areas of gerontology, physical rehabilitation, sports, and occupations requiring physical movements or prolonged static postures. For example, sensors can be used to
- Assist or encourage walking and prevent falls of older adults;
- Enable exoskeletal or robotic devices to improve mobility in people with neuro-musculoskeletal disorder;
- Detect sport-specific movements to improve sports performance and reduce injury risk;
- Improve occupational biomechanics and ergonomics.
Examples of sensors include accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and force sensors. They can be wearable or laboratory-based.
This Special Issue focuses on the developments, uses, and/or outcome measurements of sensor technology, including wearable sensors with or without biofeedback, lab-based sensing systems for forces and motions, biorobotic sensors, and smart prosthetic and orthotic devices, which ultimately aim to improve human movements and/or sport performance. Original research and review papers in these areas are encouraged.
Dr. Winson Lee
Dr. Emre Sariyildiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wearable sensors
- robotic sensors
- motion analysis
- rehabilitation
- aging
- sports and injury
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