Sports Sensors for Athlete Motion Tracking and Physiological Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Navigation and Positioning".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 January 2025 | Viewed by 144
Special Issue Editors
2. Biovetmed & Sportsci Research Group, Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, 30720 San Javier, Spain
Interests: sports performance; technology; external and internal workload; training and competition context; individual and team sports; data mining
Interests: sports training; excise science; physical activity; tracking technology
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Interests: sports pedagogy: physical education, coach education; coaching science: sports, sports training, sports performance, performance analysis, notational analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Monitoring athlete performance and health has become increasingly important in competitive sports. Advances in sensor technologies over recent decades have enabled the more precise and comprehensive tracking of both internal and external metrics during training and competition. This Special Issue provides a timely overview of state-of-the-art sensing capabilities for sporting applications and an analysis of the data such systems generate. The papers within this collection examine the latest developments across a range of sensor types, including wearable devices and integrated smart equipment, used to measure critical internal load parameters such as heart rate, muscle oxygenation, blood lactate, etc. This Special Issue also covers recent innovations in external workload monitoring, from GPS tracking systems, radio frequency-based position trackers, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers embedded in equipment and clothing to smartphone apps utilizing device’s cameras and sensors. Additionally, this Special Issue also focuses on optical systems like photocells, laser distance trackers, and video analysis to quantify biomechanics, speed, and distances covered at high resolutions. With sensor miniaturization and greater affordability improving accessibility, the papers in this Special Issue assess effective implementation, data management, and analysis techniques as well as the emerging trends pointing toward an ever more quantified future for athletes and sports medicine practitioners alike. Altogether, this collection offers valuable insights for research and practice relating to this modern frontier of sports performance optimization.
Dr. Carlos D. Gómez-Carmona
Prof. Dr. José Pino Ortega
Prof. Dr. Sergio J. Ibáñez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sport training
- GPS tracking systems
- radio frequency-based position trackers
- athlete monitoring
- athlete motion tracking
- laser distance trackers
- inertial measurement unit
- video analysis
- wearable devices
- physical and physiological analysis
