Chapter 21: Fatigue monitoring techniques using wearable systems
Todd J. Freeborn Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract
Completing every task from tapping along to the sound of music to throwing a baseball requires a complex series of precisely coordinated physiological mechanisms. However, after strenuous or repetitive activities attempting to complete a task that was possible a short time ago results in failure, which is often referred to as fatigue. Fatigue can have serious impacts on living, such as increasing risks of falling in older adults to increasing injury risks in athletes. This chapter introduces: (i) the physiological mechanisms of contraction and fatigue, ...
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