Exploring the Role of Wearable Technology in Sport Kinematics and Kinetics: A Systematic Review
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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 full-text analysis where participants took part in a sport and performed dynamic movements relating to performance monitored by wearable technologies. Inertial measurement units, flex sensors and magnetic field and angular rate sensors were among the devices used in over 15 sports to quantify motion. Wearable technology usage is still in an exploratory phase, but there is potential for this technology to positively influence coaching practice and athletes’ technique.
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- Authors
- Adesida, Y., Papi, E., & McGregor, A. H.
- Affiliations
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Adesida, Yewande
- Venue
- Sensors
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2019-04-02
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1597
- ISSN
- 1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6480145
- OpenAlex
- W2930329158
- Cited by
- 288
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 54 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 9
- FWCI
- 2.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sensors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Physical Education and Training Studies
- Keywords
- wearable devices, sports biomechanics, inertial measurement unit, flex sensors, magnetic sensors, angular rate sensor, injury prevention, performance improvement, coaching practice
- MeSH terms
- Wearable Electronic Devices, Biomechanical Phenomena, Humans, Kinetics, Monitoring, Physiologic, Movement, Sports, Athletes
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