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Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring
Wearable sensors and systems have become increasingly popular in recent years. Two prominent wearable technologies for human activity monitoring are smart textile systems (STSs) and inertial measurement units (IMUs). Despite ongoing advances in both, the usability aspects of these devices require fu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6111998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30071635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18082501 |
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author | Mokhlespour Esfahani, Mohammad Iman Nussbaum, Maury A. |
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description | Wearable sensors and systems have become increasingly popular in recent years. Two prominent wearable technologies for human activity monitoring are smart textile systems (STSs) and inertial measurement units (IMUs). Despite ongoing advances in both, the usability aspects of these devices require further investigation, especially to facilitate future use. In this study, 18 participants evaluate the preferred placement and usability of two STSs, along with a comparison to a commercial IMU system. These evaluations are completed after participants engaged in a range of activities (e.g., sitting, standing, walking, and running), during which they wear two representatives of smart textile systems: (1) a custom smart undershirt (SUS) and commercial smart socks; and (2) a commercial whole-body IMU system. We first analyze responses regarding the usability of the STS, and subsequently compared these results to those for the IMU system. Participants identify a short-sleeved shirt as their preferred activity monitor. In additional, the SUS in combination with the smart socks is rated superior to the IMU system in several aspects of usability. As reported herein, STSs show promise for future applications in human activity monitoring in terms of usability. |
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spelling | pubmed-61119982018-08-30 Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring Mokhlespour Esfahani, Mohammad Iman Nussbaum, Maury A. Sensors (Basel) Article Wearable sensors and systems have become increasingly popular in recent years. Two prominent wearable technologies for human activity monitoring are smart textile systems (STSs) and inertial measurement units (IMUs). Despite ongoing advances in both, the usability aspects of these devices require further investigation, especially to facilitate future use. In this study, 18 participants evaluate the preferred placement and usability of two STSs, along with a comparison to a commercial IMU system. These evaluations are completed after participants engaged in a range of activities (e.g., sitting, standing, walking, and running), during which they wear two representatives of smart textile systems: (1) a custom smart undershirt (SUS) and commercial smart socks; and (2) a commercial whole-body IMU system. We first analyze responses regarding the usability of the STS, and subsequently compared these results to those for the IMU system. Participants identify a short-sleeved shirt as their preferred activity monitor. In additional, the SUS in combination with the smart socks is rated superior to the IMU system in several aspects of usability. As reported herein, STSs show promise for future applications in human activity monitoring in terms of usability. MDPI 2018-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6111998/ /pubmed/30071635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18082501 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mokhlespour Esfahani, Mohammad Iman Nussbaum, Maury A. Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring |
title | Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring |
title_full | Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring |
title_fullStr | Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring |
title_full_unstemmed | Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring |
title_short | Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring |
title_sort | preferred placement and usability of a smart textile system vs. inertial measurement units for activity monitoring |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6111998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30071635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18082501 |
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