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Low cost angular displacement sensors for biomechanical applications - a review

Szelitzky, Emőke, Kuklyte, Jogile, Mândru, Dan and O'Connor, Noel E. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4033-9135 (2014) Low cost angular displacement sensors for biomechanical applications - a review. Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2 (2). pp. 21-28. ISSN 2373-129X

Abstract
In the general scientific quest for increased quality of life a natural ambition is to know more about human body kinematics. Varied knowledge can be extracted from sensors placed on human body and through associated biomechanical parameter evaluation the causal connection between different biomechanical parameters and medical conditions can be inferred. From a biomechanical point of view, one of the most important parameters within the human body is the amplitude of angular movements of joints. Although many angular sensors are used in industry, particular characteristics such as small size, flexibility and appropriate attachment methods must be taken into consideration when estimating the amplitude of movement of human joints. This paper reviews the existing low cost easy to manipulate angular sensors listed in the scientific literature, which currently are or could be used in rehabilitation engineering, physiotherapy or biomechanical evaluations in sport. The review is carried out in terms of a classification based on the sensors’ working principles and includes resistive, capacitive, magnetic and piezoresistive sensors.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:low cost sensor; bend sensor; flexible sensor; angular displacement sensor; resistive sensor
Subjects:Engineering > Mechanical engineering
Medical Sciences > Performance
Engineering > Signal processing
Engineering > Electronic engineering
Medical Sciences > Biomechanics
Engineering > Biomedical engineering
Medical Sciences > Sports sciences
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering
Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Publisher:Science and Education Publishing
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.12691/jbet-2-2-3
Copyright Information:© 2014 Science and Education Publishing
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:22012
Deposited On:20 Sep 2017 12:51 by Jogile Kuklyte . Last Modified 19 Oct 2018 12:40
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