Exploring the Role of Wearable Technology in Sport Kinematics and Kinetics: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this review was to understand the use of wearable technology in sport in order to enhance performance and prevent injury. Understanding sports biomechanics is important for injury prevention and performance enhancement and is traditionally assessed using optical motion capture. However, such approaches are limited by capture volume restricting assessment to a laboratory environment, a factor that can be overcome by wearable technology. A systematic search was carried out across seven databases where wearable technology was employed to assess kinetic and kinematic variables in sport. Articles were excluded if they focused on sensor design and did not measure kinetic or kinematic variables or apply the technology on targeted participants. A total of 33 articles were included for f

SUBMITTER: Adesida Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480145 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature