Assessment of human balance due to recoil destabilization using smart clothing

Sofia Scataglini, Elie Truyen, Paolo Perego, Johan Gallant, Damien Van Tiggelen, Giuseppe Andreoni

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Abstract

Several studies focused on the importance of postural balance as a key for success of shooting performance and training. The most destabilizing factor is recoil that is the reaction effect produced on humans by a shooting task. To assess the postural control during a shooting task, stabilometry (posturo graphy) is the golden standard technique. Force and pressure plate are the main traditional instruments. Today, smart clothing provides a method to monitor in real time mechanical, environmental, and physiological parameters in an ecolo gical and in non-intrusive approach. Smart clothing (t-shirt) based on body-worn accelerometers (trunk accelerometers) was compared with posturographical by a pressure plate obtained during each shooting trial. The smart t-shirt revealed to be an innovative tool to assess human balance due to recoil destabilization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2017
EditorsWaldemar Karwowski, Ravindra S. Goonetilleke
PublisherSpringer
Pages172-183
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319608242
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventAHFE 2017 International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2017 - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: 17 Jul 201721 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume602
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceAHFE 2017 International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Period17/07/1721/07/17

Keywords

  • Accelerometer
  • Balance control
  • Human factors
  • Smart clothing
  • Trunk sway measures

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