Journal
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 262-274Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1528083719832854
Keywords
Flexible smart garment; flex sensor; joint angle; static and kinematic motions; postures
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [17D110116]
- Talent Program of Shanghai University of Engineering Science
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Posture monitoring and investigation in wearable technology play a significant role in the analysis of body postures. This study aims to develop a new flexible smart garment realized by stitching flex sensors at different joint positions for sensing flexion angles in static and kinematic motions. Calibration tests were conducted by systematically flexing wrist, elbow, and knee joints, respectively. A male subject then wore the developed flexible smart garment to sense different body postures. The measured data from flex sensors inside the smart garment exhibited immediate response after each joint movement of the male subject. The minimum measurement sensitivities of flex sensors mounted at the knee, elbow, and wrist was 0.94 degrees, 0.8 degrees, and 0.56 degrees, respectively. Measured flexion angle changes were within 80 degrees, 95 degrees, and 140 degrees ranges from knee, elbow, and wrist. Both stand and walk tests at a velocity of 4 km/h indicate that the flexion angles of three joint positions include wrist, elbow, and knee joints can be effectively monitored using the flex sensor-based smart garment. Flex sensor can be employed to monitor body joint movement and future to identify different postures of body joints in practice. The flexible smart garments cannot be washed.
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