Inertial Sensing of Human Movement and Physiological Function
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearables".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 2429
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design of medical devices; human movement sensing; the application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation; connected health; usability considerations in the design of medical devices for home healthcare
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the development of low-cost, commercial MEMS inertial sensors thirty years ago, there has been a rapid growth of research and development in the application of these sensors in health and wellness and sport and exercise.
This growth has been further driven in the last ten years by the incorporation of inertial sensors in smartphones and more recently by their incorporation in smartwatches. Whereas the primary application of inertial sensors in these domains is in human movement (e.g., step counting, falls detection, and lap counting in swimming), the range of human movement applications of inertial sensors is growing with new applications emerging, such as posture in the workplace, real-time range-of-motion assessment in rehabilitation, etc. There are also new applications of inertial sensors in the indirect measurement of elements of human physiological function (predicted cardiac demands) and this trend is set to expand and develop.
More and more inertial sensor data are being processed and analyzed using machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques with the growth of data and high-speed communications and these techniques are enhancing performance, making new applications possible.
With telemedicine being fast-tracked worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more use of inertial sensing in a telemedicine/connected health context is occurring as a means to autonomously track different aspects of human movement and physiological function in the context of assessing the effectiveness of clinician prescribed therapeutic programs.
This Special Issue invites articles featuring original research, as well as review papers covering the full gamut of the application of inertial sensing in human movement and physiological function.
Prof. Dr. Gearóid ÓLaighin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Inertial sensing
- Human movement
- Human function
- Motion analysis
- Gait analysis
- Movement analysis
