ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Preferred Placement and Usability of a Smart Textile System vs. Inertial Measurement Units for Activity Monitoring.
Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Wearable technologies in clinical trials for drug development: trends and emerging opportunities.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026Review
- Skating efficiency and technique during roller speed skate using innovative piezoelectric smart socks: an exploratory study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Human Factors, Human-Centered Design, and Usability of Sensor-Based Digital Health Technologies: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- An Inertial-Based Wearable System for Monitoring Vital Signs during Sleep.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Hybrid Fiber Materials according to the Manufacturing Technology Methods and IOT Materials: A Systematic Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Closing the Wearable Gap: Foot-ankle kinematic modeling via deep learning models based on a smart sock wearable.Wearable technologies · 2023Article
- Review of Real-Time Biomechanical Feedback Systems in Sport and Rehabilitation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- A Mass-Producible Washable Smart Garment with Embedded Textile EMG Electrodes for Control of Myoelectric Prostheses: A Pilot Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Accuracy and Precision of Gait Spatio-Temporal Parameters Extracted from an Instrumented Sock during Treadmill and Overground Walking in Healthy Subjects and Patients with a Foot Impairment Secondary to Psoriatic Arthritis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association between Self-Reported and Accelerometer-Based Estimates of Physical Activity in Portuguese Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Design and Simulation of a 16-Sensors Plantar Pressure Insole Layout for Different Applications: From Sports to Clinics, a Pilot Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Validity of MotionSense HRV in Estimating Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity under Free-Living and Simulated Activity Settings.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Determining Physical Activity Characteristics from Wristband Data for Use in Automated Insulin Delivery Systems.IEEE sensors journal · 2020Article
- Optimizing Router Placement of Indoor Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Buildings for IoT Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Gait Segmentation Method Using a Plantar Pressure Measurement System with Custom-Made Capacitive Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- E-Textiles for Healthy Ageing.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Classifying Diverse Physical Activities Using "Smart Garments".Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- A Textile Sensor for Long Durations of Human Motion Capture.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Wearable 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.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.