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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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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Papi:2015:10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.017,
author = {Papi, E and Osei-Kuffour, D and Chen, Y-MA and McGregor, AH},
doi = {10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.017},
journal = {Medical Engineering & Physics},
pages = {698--704},
title = {Use of wearable technology for performance assessment: A validation study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.017},
volume = {37},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The prevalence of osteoarthritis is increasing globally but current compliance with rehabilitation remainspoor. This study explores whether wearable sensors can be used to provide objective measures of performancewith a view to using them as motivators to aid compliance to osteoarthritis rehabilitation. Morespecifically, the use of a novel attachable wearable sensor integrated into clothing and inertial measurementunits located in two different positions, at the waist and thigh pocket, was investigated. Fourteen healthy volunteerswere asked to complete exercises adapted from a knee osteoarthritis rehabilitation programme whilstwearing the three sensors including five times sit-to-stand test, treadmill walking at slow, preferred and fastspeeds. The performances of the three sensors were validated against a motion capture system and an instrumentedtreadmill. The systems showed a high correlation (r2 > 0.7) and agreement (mean difference range:−0.02–0.03 m, 0.005–0.68 s) with gold standards. The novel attachable wearable sensor was able to monitorexercise tasks as well as the inertial measurement units (ICC > 0.95). Results also suggested that a functionalplacement (e.g., situated in a pocket) is a valid position for performance monitoring. This study showsthe potential use of wearable technologies for assessing subject performance during exercise and suggestsfunctional solutions to enhance acceptance.
AU  - Papi,E
AU  - Osei-Kuffour,D
AU  - Chen,Y-MA
AU  - McGregor,AH
DO  - 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.017
EP  - 704
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1873-4030
SP  - 698
TI  - Use of wearable technology for performance assessment: A validation study
T2  - Medical Engineering & Physics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.03.017
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/25686
VL  - 37
ER  -
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