Flexible wearable intelligent sensing system for wheelchair sports monitoring

Yupeng Mao; Yuzhang Wen; Bing Liu; Fengxin Sun; Yongsheng Zhu; Junxiao Wang; Rui Zhang; Zuojun Yu; Liang Chu; Aiguo Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108126

Flexible wearable intelligent sensing system for wheelchair sports monitoring

iScience. 2023 Oct 5;26(11):108126. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108126. eCollection 2023 Nov 17.

Authors

Yupeng Mao^{1

2}, Yuzhang Wen², Bing Liu³, Fengxin Sun², Yongsheng Zhu², Junxiao Wang¹, Rui Zhang¹, Zuojun Yu⁴, Liang Chu⁵, Aiguo Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Strength and Conditioning Training, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
² Physical Education Department, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
³ School of Martial Arts and Dance, Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang 110102, China.
⁴ China Ice Sports College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
⁵ Institute of Carbon Neutrality and New Energy & School of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.

Abstract

The application of wearable intelligent systems toward human-computer interaction has received widespread attention. It is still desirable to conveniently promote health and monitor sports skills for disabled people. Here, a wireless intelligent sensing system (WISS) has been developed, which includes two ports of wearable flexible triboelectric nanogenerator (WF-TENG) sensing and an upper computer digital signal receiving intelligent processing. The WF-TENG sensing port is connected by the WF-TENG sensor and flexible printed circuit (FPC). Due to its flexibility, the WF-TENG sensing port can be freely adhered on the surface of human skin. The WISS can be applied to entertainment reaction training based on human-computer interaction, and to the technical judgment and analysis on wheelchair curling sport. This work provides new application opportunities for wearable devices in the fields of sports skills monitoring, sports assistive devices and health promotion for disabled people.

Keywords: Mechanics; Physics; Sports medicine.