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Commercial Postural Devices: A Review
Wearables are devices worn on the human body and are able to measure various health parameters, such as physical activity, energy expenditure and gait. With the advancement of technology, the general population are now spending more hours craning our necks and slouching over smartphones, tablets and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31771130 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19235128 |
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author | Yoong, Nicole Kah Mun Perring, Jordan Mobbs, Ralph Jasper |
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description | Wearables are devices worn on the human body and are able to measure various health parameters, such as physical activity, energy expenditure and gait. With the advancement of technology, the general population are now spending more hours craning our necks and slouching over smartphones, tablets and computers, et cetera. Bodily posture is representative of physical and mental health. Poor posture can lead to spinal complications and the same can be said vice versa. As the standard of living increases, there is an increase in consumerism and the expectation to maintain such a lifestyle even in the aging population. Therefore, many are able to afford small luxuries in life, such as a piece of technology that could potentially improve their health in the long run. Wearable technology is a promising alternative to laboratory systems for movement and posture analysis. This article reviews commercial wearable devices with a focus on postural analysis. The clinical applicability of posture wearables, particularly in preventing, monitoring and treating spinal and musculoskeletal conditions, along with other purposes in healthcare, will be discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-69291582019-12-26 Commercial Postural Devices: A Review Yoong, Nicole Kah Mun Perring, Jordan Mobbs, Ralph Jasper Sensors (Basel) Review Wearables are devices worn on the human body and are able to measure various health parameters, such as physical activity, energy expenditure and gait. With the advancement of technology, the general population are now spending more hours craning our necks and slouching over smartphones, tablets and computers, et cetera. Bodily posture is representative of physical and mental health. Poor posture can lead to spinal complications and the same can be said vice versa. As the standard of living increases, there is an increase in consumerism and the expectation to maintain such a lifestyle even in the aging population. Therefore, many are able to afford small luxuries in life, such as a piece of technology that could potentially improve their health in the long run. Wearable technology is a promising alternative to laboratory systems for movement and posture analysis. This article reviews commercial wearable devices with a focus on postural analysis. The clinical applicability of posture wearables, particularly in preventing, monitoring and treating spinal and musculoskeletal conditions, along with other purposes in healthcare, will be discussed. MDPI 2019-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6929158/ /pubmed/31771130 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19235128 Text en © 2019 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 | Review Yoong, Nicole Kah Mun Perring, Jordan Mobbs, Ralph Jasper Commercial Postural Devices: A Review |
title | Commercial Postural Devices: A Review |
title_full | Commercial Postural Devices: A Review |
title_fullStr | Commercial Postural Devices: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Commercial Postural Devices: A Review |
title_short | Commercial Postural Devices: A Review |
title_sort | commercial postural devices: a review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31771130 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19235128 |
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