Sensing Technology and Wearables for Physical Activity
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearables".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 3193
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City 235, Taiwan
Interests: sport; physical activity; rehabilitation; physiotherapy interventions (including robotic gait training, wearable devices, etc.); balance and gait technology monitors in musculoskeletal impairment, stroke, traumatic brain injury, sport concussion, dementia, and geriatrics; virtual reality training and healthcare education; health literacy; game-based interventions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physical activity assessments and interventions have been well developed in the domains of sport, rehabilitation, and physiotherapy (including balance, robotic gait, wearable devices etc.). Balance and gait technology monitors were applied in sport players, geriatrics, musculoskeletal impairment, stroke, traumatic brain injury, sport concussion, and dementia. Furthermore, virtual reality technology was also designed as an add-on for physical activity training. Over 1 billion people—about 15% of the global population—currently experience disability, and this number is increasing due, in part, to population aging and an increase in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases. Disability results from the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as musculoskeletal impairment, stroke, head trauma, cerebral palsy, and frailty, with personal and environmental factors, including negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social support.
In the past decade or so, solid evidence from the physical activities of sport players, geriatrics, and the disabled has accumulated, including observation and intervention experimental research. This new “Sensing Technology and Wearables for Physical Activity” Special Issue is characterized by advanced research methods, such as prospective longitudinal designs, random controlled trials, meta-analyses, innovative technologies (such as virtual reality, robotics, and wearable devices), and the application of these methods as well as technologies in “special needs” groups, including sport players, geriatric and clinical populations (musculoskeletal impairment, stroke, head trauma, dementia, cerebral palsy, COPD, etc.), frailty, sarcopenia, and older people. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those combining a high academic standard coupled with a practical focus on providing advances in sport, gerontology, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation.
Dr. Li-Fong Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sport
- gerontology
- physical activity
- exercise
- physiotherapy
- rehabilitation
- sensor
- virtual reality
- robotic
- wearable device
- balance
- gait
