| Literature DB >> 33799941 |
Lorenzo Rum1, Oscar Sten2, Eleonora Vendrame2, Valeria Belluscio1, Valentina Camomilla1, Giuseppe Vannozzi1, Luigi Truppa2, Marco Notarantonio3, Tommaso Sciarra3, Aldo Lazich3, Andrea Mannini2,4, Elena Bergamini1.
Abstract
The interest and competitiveness in sports for persons with disabilities has increased significantly in the recent years, creating a demand for technological tools supporting practice. Wearable sensors offer non-invasive, portable and overall convenient ways to monitor sports practice. This systematic review aims at providing current evidence on the application of wearable sensors in sports for persons with disability. A search for articles published in English before May 2020 was performed on Scopus, Web-Of-Science, PubMed and EBSCO databases, searching titles, abstracts and keywords with a search string involving terms regarding wearable sensors, sports and disability. After full paper screening, 39 studies were included. Inertial and EMG sensors were the most commonly adopted wearable technologies, while wheelchair sports were the most investigated. Four main target applications of wearable sensors relevant to sports for people with disability were identified and discussed: athlete classification, injury prevention, performance characterization for training optimization and equipment customization. The collected evidence provides an overview on the application of wearable sensors in sports for persons with disability, providing useful indication for researchers, coaches and trainers. Several gaps in the different target applications are highlighted altogether with recommendation on future directions.Entities:
Keywords: athletes; biomechanics; electromyography; inertial sensors; paralympic; sport technology
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33799941 PMCID： PMC7961424 DOI： 10.3390/s21051858
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sensors (Basel) ISSN： 1424-8220 Impact factor: 3.576