Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device
There has been a high incidence rates (∼41%) of back injury from undertaking weightlifting exercises as a result of improper lifting posture, where the spine should remain straight during a lifting movement which is often not adopted correctly by adolescent or beginner athletes. In this work we repo...
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| description | There has been a high incidence rates (∼41%) of back injury from undertaking weightlifting exercises as a result of improper lifting posture, where the spine should remain straight during a lifting movement which is often not adopted correctly by adolescent or beginner athletes. In this work we report a wearable device prototype consisting of independent sensor nodes using inertial measurement units to provide the user with real-time postural feedback on a companion application. From the data collected from four subjects, for several weight-lifting attempts, a strong correlation was found in the relative pitch angle between the upper cervical sensor and lower-lumbar sensor, which proved that the straightness of the user’s back could be inferred using only two sensor nodes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae682c76c4c94265a9f9002ac65749f12022-12-22T01:38:19ZengElsevierBiosensors and Bioelectronics: X2590-13702022-09-0111100202Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable deviceLewis Jenkins0Roshan Weerasekera1Corresponding author.; Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics, Faculty of Environment and Technology, UWE Bristol, Frenchay, BS16 1QY, UKDepartment of Engineering Design and Mathematics, Faculty of Environment and Technology, UWE Bristol, Frenchay, BS16 1QY, UKThere has been a high incidence rates (∼41%) of back injury from undertaking weightlifting exercises as a result of improper lifting posture, where the spine should remain straight during a lifting movement which is often not adopted correctly by adolescent or beginner athletes. In this work we report a wearable device prototype consisting of independent sensor nodes using inertial measurement units to provide the user with real-time postural feedback on a companion application. From the data collected from four subjects, for several weight-lifting attempts, a strong correlation was found in the relative pitch angle between the upper cervical sensor and lower-lumbar sensor, which proved that the straightness of the user’s back could be inferred using only two sensor nodes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590137022000905Back injuryLow-powerSensorsWearableWeight-lifting |
| spellingShingle | Lewis Jenkins Roshan Weerasekera Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X Back injury Low-power Sensors Wearable Weight-lifting |
| title | Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device |
| title_full | Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device |
| title_fullStr | Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device |
| title_short | Sport-related back injury prevention with a wearable device |
| title_sort | sport related back injury prevention with a wearable device |
| topic | Back injury Low-power Sensors Wearable Weight-lifting |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590137022000905 |
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