Review of wearable devices and data collection considerations for connected health

V Vijayan, JP Connolly, J Condell, N McKelvey… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wearable sensor technology has gradually extended its usability into a wide range of well-
known applications. Wearable sensors can typically assess and quantify the wearer's …

Application challenges in fiber and textile electronics

L Wang, X Fu, J He, X Shi, T Chen, P Chen… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Modern electronic devices are moving toward miniaturization and integration with an
emerging focus on wearable electronics. Due to their close contact with the human body …

Contact-based methods for measuring respiratory rate

C Massaroni, A Nicolò, D Lo Presti, M Sacchetti… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is an ever-growing demand for measuring respiratory variables during a variety of
applications, including monitoring in clinical and occupational settings, and during sporting …

Polymer optical fiber sensors in healthcare applications: A comprehensive review

AG Leal-Junior, CAR Diaz, LM Avellar, MJ Pontes… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Human vital signs detection methods and potential using radars: A review

M Kebe, R Gadhafi, B Mohammad, M Sanduleanu… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Continuous monitoring of vital signs, such as respiration and heartbeat, plays a crucial role
in early detection and even prediction of conditions that may affect the wellbeing of the …

Fiber‐shaped electronic devices

A Fakharuddin, H Li, F Di Giacomo… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Textile electronics embedded in clothing represent an exciting new frontier for modern
healthcare and communication systems. Fundamental to the development of these textile …

Smart fabric textiles: Recent advances and challenges

HLO Júnior, RM Neves, FM Monticeli, L Dall Agnol - Textiles, 2022 - mdpi.com
Textiles have been used in our daily life since antiquity in both economies and social
relationships. Nowadays, there has never been a greater desire for intelligent materials …

The current state of optical sensors in medical wearables

E Vavrinsky, NE Esfahani, M Hausner, A Kuzma… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical sensors play an increasingly important role in the development of medical diagnostic
devices. They can be very widely used to measure the physiology of the human body …

Wearable sensors for respiration monitoring: A review

T Hussain, S Ullah, R Fernández-García, I Gil - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper provides an overview of flexible and wearable respiration sensors with emphasis
on their significance in healthcare applications. The paper classifies these sensors based on …

Translational bioinformatics in the era of real-time biomedical, health care and wellness data streams

K Shameer, MA Badgeley, R Miotto… - Briefings in …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Monitoring and modeling biomedical, health care and wellness data from individuals and
converging data on a population scale have tremendous potential to improve understanding …