This paper firstly introduces common wearable sensors, smart wearable devices and the key
application areas. Since multi-sensor is defined by the presence of more than one model or …

The development of biosensors is gaining tremendous attention in the fields of biomedicine
and healthcare due to their wide use in clinical care, medicine and food processing …

This paper presents a review of different classification techniques used to recognize human
activities from wearable inertial sensor data. Three inertial sensor units were used in this …

Background Innovations in mobile and electronic healthcare are revolutionizing the
involvement of both doctors and patients in the modern healthcare system by extending the …

Characteristics of physical activity are indicative of one's mobility level, latent chronic
diseases and aging process. Accelerometers have been widely accepted as useful and …

Annotation of foot-contact and foot-off events is the initial step in post-processing for most
quantitative gait analysis workflows. If clean force plate strikes are present, the events can …

The recent emergence of mobile health–the use of mobile telecommunication and wireless
devices to improve health outcomes, services, and research–has inspired a patient-centric …

Posture analysis in quiet standing is a key component of the clinical evaluation of
Parkinson's disease (PD), postural instability being one of PD's major symptoms. The aim of …

Background A history of falls or imbalance may lead to a fear of falling, which may lead to
self-imposed avoidance of activity; this avoidance may stimulate a vicious cycle of …

Consumer physical activity tracking devices (PATs) have gained popularity to support
individuals to be more active and less sedentary throughout the day. Wearable PATs …