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ProfessorAlisonMcGregor

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2972a.mcgregor

 
 
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Room 202ASir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Adesida:2019:10.3390/s19071597,
author = {Adesida, Y and Papi, E and McGregor, A},
doi = {10.3390/s19071597},
journal = {Sensors},
title = {Exploring the role of wearable technology in sport kinematics and kinetics: a systematic review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19071597},
volume = {19},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The aim of this review was to understand the use of wearable technology in sport in order to enhance performance and prevent injury. Understanding sports biomechanics is important for injury prevention and performance enhancement and is traditionally assessed using optical motion capture. However, such approaches are limited by capture volume restricting assessment to a laboratory environment, a factor that can be overcome by wearable technology. A systematic search was carried out across seven databases where wearable technology was employed to assess kinetic and kinematic variables in sport. Articles were excluded if they focused on sensor design and did not measure kinetic or kinematic variables or apply the technology on targeted participants. A total of 33 articles were included for full-text analysis where participants took part in a sport and performed dynamic movements relating to performance monitored by wearable technologies. Inertial measurement units, flex sensors and magnetic field and angular rate sensors were among the devices used in over 15 sports to quantify motion. Wearable technology usage is still in an exploratory phase, but there is potential for this technology to positively influence coaching practice and athletes’ technique.
AU  - Adesida,Y
AU  - Papi,E
AU  - McGregor,A
DO  - 10.3390/s19071597
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1424-2818
TI  - Exploring the role of wearable technology in sport kinematics and kinetics: a systematic review
T2  - Sensors
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19071597
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70144
VL  - 19
ER  -
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