ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Wearable Biosensors: An Alternative and Practical Approach in Healthcare and Disease Monitoring.
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The Influence of Wearables on Health Care Outcomes in Chronic Disease: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
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- AI-Ready Multimodal Wearable Biosensors Beyond Glucose: Biofluid Sampling, Sensor Fusion, and Clinical Translation.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Flexible Multimodal Wearable Biosensors for Continuous Health Monitoring: Recent Advances and Challenges.Biosensors · 2026Review
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- DNA Origami and Their Application in Biosensors.Biosensors · 2026Review
- AI-Assisted Molecular Biosensors: Design Strategies for Wearable and Real-Time Monitoring.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Current Status and Future Perspectives of Wearable Technologies for Oral Health in Clinical Applications.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Wearable Devices and New Frontiers in Smart Health Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recent Advances in Wearable Biosensors for Human Health Monitoring.Biosensors · 2026Article
- New technologies in medical education: An umbrella review on recent evidence.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Review
- Biosensors in dental, oral and craniofacial applications.Npj biosensing · 2026Review
- Quantum Dots: Catalysts for a New Era of Precision Medicine and Biomedical Innovation.Journal of fluorescence · 2026Review
- Design considerations for miniaturized biosensor-enabled systems for older adults: insights from participatory design.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Recent advances in the detection and treatment of hydatid cysts by nanomaterial-based carriers.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2026Review
- Wearable Devices & Elderly: A Bibliometric Analysis of 2014-2024.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
With the increasing prevalence of growing population, aging and chronic diseases continuously rising healthcare costs, the healthcare system is undergoing a vital transformation from the traditional hospital-centered system to an individual-centered system. Since the 20th century, wearable sensors are becoming widespread in healthcare and biomedical monitoring systems, empowering continuous measurement of critical biomarkers for monitoring of the diseased condition and health, medical diagnostics and evaluation in biological fluids like saliva, blood, and sweat. Over the past few decades, the developments have been focused on electrochemical and optical biosensors, along with advances with the non-invasive monitoring of biomarkers, bacteria and hormones, etc. Wearable devices have evolved gradually with a mix of multiplexed biosensing, microfluidic sampling and transport systems integrated with flexible materials and body attachments for improved wearability and simplicity. These wearables hold promise and are capable of a higher understanding of the correlations between analyte concentrations within the blood or non-invasive biofluids and feedback to the patient, which is significantly important in timely diagnosis, treatment, and control of medical conditions. However, cohort validation studies and performance evaluation of wearable biosensors are needed to underpin their clinical acceptance. In the present review, we discuss the importance, features, types of wearables, challenges and applications of wearable devices for biological fluids for the prevention of diseased conditions and real-time monitoring of human health. Herein, we summarize the various wearable devices that are developed for healthcare monitoring and their future potential has been discussed in detail.
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