E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Authors: Yang, K., McErlain-Naylor, S.A., Isaia, B., Callaway, A. and Beeby, S.

Journal: Sensors

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

ISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s24041058

Abstract:

E-textiles have emerged as a fast-growing area in wearable technology for sports and fitness due to the soft and comfortable nature of textile materials and the capability for smart functionality to be integrated into familiar sports clothing. This review paper presents the roles of wearable technologies in sport and fitness in monitoring movement and biosignals used to assess performance, reduce injury risk, and motivate training/exercise. The drivers of research in e-textiles are discussed after reviewing existing non-textile and textile-based commercial wearable products. Different sensing components/materials (e.g., inertial measurement units, electrodes for biosignals, piezoresistive sensors), manufacturing processes, and their applications in sports and fitness published in the literature were reviewed and discussed. Finally, the paper presents the current challenges of e-textiles to achieve practical applications at scale and future perspectives in e-textiles research and development.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39491/

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E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities.

Authors: Yang, K., McErlain-Naylor, S.A., Isaia, B., Callaway, A. and Beeby, S.

Journal: Sensors (Basel)

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

eISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s24041058

Abstract:

E-textiles have emerged as a fast-growing area in wearable technology for sports and fitness due to the soft and comfortable nature of textile materials and the capability for smart functionality to be integrated into familiar sports clothing. This review paper presents the roles of wearable technologies in sport and fitness in monitoring movement and biosignals used to assess performance, reduce injury risk, and motivate training/exercise. The drivers of research in e-textiles are discussed after reviewing existing non-textile and textile-based commercial wearable products. Different sensing components/materials (e.g., inertial measurement units, electrodes for biosignals, piezoresistive sensors), manufacturing processes, and their applications in sports and fitness published in the literature were reviewed and discussed. Finally, the paper presents the current challenges of e-textiles to achieve practical applications at scale and future perspectives in e-textiles research and development.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39491/

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E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Authors: Yang, K., McErlain-Naylor, S.A., Isaia, B., Callaway, A. and Beeby, S.

Journal: SENSORS

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

eISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s24041058

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39491/

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E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Authors: Yang, K., McErlain-Naylor, S., Isaia, B., Callaway, A. and Beeby, S.

Journal: Sensors

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

Pages: 1058

DOI: 10.3390/s24041058

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39491/

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/4/1058

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E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities.

Authors: Yang, K., McErlain-Naylor, S.A., Isaia, B., Callaway, A. and Beeby, S.

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

Pages: 1058

eISSN: 1424-8220

ISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s24041058

Abstract:

E-textiles have emerged as a fast-growing area in wearable technology for sports and fitness due to the soft and comfortable nature of textile materials and the capability for smart functionality to be integrated into familiar sports clothing. This review paper presents the roles of wearable technologies in sport and fitness in monitoring movement and biosignals used to assess performance, reduce injury risk, and motivate training/exercise. The drivers of research in e-textiles are discussed after reviewing existing non-textile and textile-based commercial wearable products. Different sensing components/materials (e.g., inertial measurement units, electrodes for biosignals, piezoresistive sensors), manufacturing processes, and their applications in sports and fitness published in the literature were reviewed and discussed. Finally, the paper presents the current challenges of e-textiles to achieve practical applications at scale and future perspectives in e-textiles research and development.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39491/

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E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Authors: Yang, K., McErlain-Naylor, S.A., Isaia, B., Callaway, A. and Beeby, S.

Journal: Sensors

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

ISSN: 1424-8220

Abstract:

E-textiles have emerged as a fast-growing area in wearable technology for sports and fitness due to the soft and comfortable nature of textile materials and the capability for smart functionality to be integrated into familiar sports clothing. This review paper presents the roles of wearable technologies in sport and fitness in monitoring movement and biosignals used to assess performance, reduce injury risk, and motivate training/exercise. The drivers of research in e-textiles are discussed after reviewing existing non-textile and textile-based commercial wearable products. Different sensing components/materials (e.g., inertial measurement units, electrodes for biosignals, piezoresistive sensors), manufacturing processes, and their applications in sports and fitness published in the literature were reviewed and discussed. Finally, the paper presents the current challenges of e-textiles to achieve practical applications at scale and future perspectives in e-textiles research and development.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39491/

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