Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes
In recent years, wearable devices for physiological parameter monitoring in sports and physical activities have been gaining momentum. In particular, some studies have focused their attention on using available commercial monitoring systems mainly on horses during training sessions or competitions....
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| author | Joshua Di Tocco Riccardo Sabbadini Luigi Raiano Federica Fani Simone Ripani Emiliano Schena Domenico Formica Carlo Massaroni |
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| description | In recent years, wearable devices for physiological parameter monitoring in sports and physical activities have been gaining momentum. In particular, some studies have focused their attention on using available commercial monitoring systems mainly on horses during training sessions or competitions. Only a few studies have focused on the jockey’s physiological and kinematic parameters. Although at a glance, it seems jockeys do not make a lot of effort during riding, it is quite the opposite. Indeed, especially during competitions, they profuse a short but high intensity effort. To this extend, we propose a wearable system integrating conductive textiles and an M-IMU to simultaneously monitor the respiratory rate (RR) and kinematic parameters of the riding activity. Firstly, we tested the developed wearable system on a healthy volunteer mimicking the typical riding movements of jockeys and compared the performances with a reference instrument. Lastly, we tested the system on two gallop jockeys during the “<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mn>137</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> Derby Italiano di Galoppo”. The proposed system is able to track both the RR and the kinematic parameters during the various phases of the competition both at rest and during the race. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-168649dfbf5f40fa946542b7aca5e98c2023-11-21T02:54:55ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-12-0121115210.3390/s21010152Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop AthletesJoshua Di Tocco0Riccardo Sabbadini1Luigi Raiano2Federica Fani3Simone Ripani4Emiliano Schena5Domenico Formica6Carlo Massaroni7Unit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Neurophysiology and Neuroengineering of Human Technology Interaction (NeXT), Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, ItalyAvery Dennison RBIS Italy, Prov.le Bonifica, 64010 Ancarano, ItalyAvery Dennison RBIS Italy, Prov.le Bonifica, 64010 Ancarano, ItalyUnit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Neurophysiology and Neuroengineering of Human Technology Interaction (NeXT), Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, ItalyIn recent years, wearable devices for physiological parameter monitoring in sports and physical activities have been gaining momentum. In particular, some studies have focused their attention on using available commercial monitoring systems mainly on horses during training sessions or competitions. Only a few studies have focused on the jockey’s physiological and kinematic parameters. Although at a glance, it seems jockeys do not make a lot of effort during riding, it is quite the opposite. Indeed, especially during competitions, they profuse a short but high intensity effort. To this extend, we propose a wearable system integrating conductive textiles and an M-IMU to simultaneously monitor the respiratory rate (RR) and kinematic parameters of the riding activity. Firstly, we tested the developed wearable system on a healthy volunteer mimicking the typical riding movements of jockeys and compared the performances with a reference instrument. Lastly, we tested the system on two gallop jockeys during the “<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msup><mn>137</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> Derby Italiano di Galoppo”. The proposed system is able to track both the RR and the kinematic parameters during the various phases of the competition both at rest and during the race.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/1/152sensorsbiomedical monitoringmonitoringsmart textilesequine sportclothing |
| spellingShingle | Joshua Di Tocco Riccardo Sabbadini Luigi Raiano Federica Fani Simone Ripani Emiliano Schena Domenico Formica Carlo Massaroni Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes Sensors sensors biomedical monitoring monitoring smart textiles equine sport clothing |
| title | Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes |
| title_full | Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes |
| title_fullStr | Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes |
| title_short | Breath-Jockey: Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Wearable System for Respiratory Rate and Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Gallop Athletes |
| title_sort | breath jockey development and feasibility assessment of a wearable system for respiratory rate and kinematic parameter estimation for gallop athletes |
| topic | sensors biomedical monitoring monitoring smart textiles equine sport clothing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/1/152 |
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