A review of activity trackers for senior citizens: Research perspectives, commercial landscape and the role of the insurance industry

S Tedesco, J Barton, B O'Flynn - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The objective assessment of physical activity levels through wearable inertial-based motion
detectors for the automatic, continuous and long-term monitoring of people in free-living …

[HTML][HTML] Wearable technology for spine movement assessment: A systematic review

E Papi, WS Koh, AH McGregor - Journal of biomechanics, 2017 - Elsevier
Continuous monitoring of spine movement function could enhance our understanding of low
back pain development. Wearable technologies have gained popularity as promising …

Older adults with weaker muscle strength stand up from a sitting position with more dynamic trunk use

RC Van Lummel, J Evers, M Niessen, PJ Beek… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The ability to stand up from a sitting position is essential for older adults to live
independently. Body-fixed inertial sensors may provide an approach for quantifying the sit-to …

Instrumented timed up and go test (itug)—More than assessing time to predict falls: A systematic review

P Ortega-Bastidas, B Gomez, P Aqueveque… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test is a widely used tool for assessing the risk of falls in older
adults. However, to increase the test's predictive value, the instrumented Timed Up and Go …

Day-to-day variability and year-to-year reproducibility of accelerometer-measured free-living sit-to-stand transitions volume and intensity among community-dwelling …

A Löppönen, L Karavirta, E Portegijs, K Koivunen… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the day-to-day variability and
year-to-year reproducibility of an accelerometer-based algorithm for sit-to-stand (STS) …

Use of inertial measurement units for measuring torso and pelvis orientation, and shoulder–pelvis separation angle in the discus throw

SM Brice, M Hurley, EJ Phillips - International Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Wearable technologies, such as inertial measurement units, are being increasingly utilised
in sport to provide immediate feedback to athletes and coaches on movement dynamics …

Comparing inertial measurement units and marker-based biomechanical models during dynamic rotation of the torso

SM Brice, EJ Phillips, EL Millett, A Hunter… - European journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Inertial measurement units (IMUs) enable human movements to be captured in the field and
are being used increasingly in high performance sport. One key metric that can be derived …

The validity of a mixed reality-based automated functional mobility assessment

R Sun, RG Aldunate, JJ Sosnoff - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Functional mobility assessments (ie, Timed Up and Go) are commonly used clinical tools for
mobility and fall risk screening in older adults. In this work, we proposed a new Mixed …

Validity and reliability of a new inertial device for monitoring range of motion at the pelvis during sexual intercourse

JM Oliva-Lozano, I Martín-Fuentes… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
To understand the physical demands of sexual intercourse, it is necessary to monitor the
kinematic parameters of this activity using relatively non-invasive technology. The aims of …

Is the assessment of 5 meters of gait with a single body-fixed-sensor enough to recognize idiopathic Parkinson's disease-associated gait?

ME Micó-Amigo, I Kingma, GS Faber… - Annals of biomedical …, 2017 - Springer
Quantitative assessment of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is an important
step in addressing motor symptoms and improving clinical management. Based on the …