Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring

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dc.contributor.authorMokhlespour Esfahani, Mohammad Imanen
dc.contributor.authorNussbaum, Maury A.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-22T14:40:21Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-22T14:40:21Zen
dc.date.issued2018-08-01en
dc.date.updated2018-08-22T08:32:03Zen
dc.description.abstractWearable 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.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMokhlespour Esfahani, M.I.; Nussbaum, M.A. Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring. Sensors 2018, 18, 2501.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/s18082501en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/84889en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectsmart textile systemen
dc.subjectinertial measurement uniten
dc.subjectwearable sensoren
dc.subjectusabilityen
dc.subjectplacementen
dc.subjectsmart shirten
dc.subjectsmart socksen
dc.titlePreferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoringen
dc.title.serialSensorsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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