Wearable sensors for sports performance
S. Lam Po Tang s.lampotang@gmail.com Consultant, Nantwich, UK
Abstract
Wearable sensors are useful tools in monitoring and improving sports performance. They can be used to obtain physiological, performance and other data before, during and after a sporting activity. The data are used to optimise training or recovery, but also to reduce human error in competitions, and, in some cases, ensure safety. This chapter highlights the requirements of wearable sensors for sports and outlines recent developments in this field. A number of different sensors can be used, singularly or in combinations, but the most commonly measured parameters remain heart and breathing activities as well as movement and posture ...
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