ReviewMaterials today. Bio2023
Electronic textiles: New age of wearable technology for healthcare and fitness solutions.
Review in Materials today. Bio, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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
42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 210 citations in OpenAlex.
- Movement Disorders and Smart Wrist Devices: A Comprehensive Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Tracking Upper Limb Motion via Wearable Solutions: Systematic Review of Research From 2011 to 2023.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Microwave Resonators for Wearable Sensors Design: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Technology-Enhanced Health Care in Smart Homes: Scoping Review of Sensor Technologies, Clinical Applications, Integration Challenges, and Future Directions.JMIR medical informatics · 2026Article
- Advances and Challenges in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Review
- Photobiomodulation and Wearable Light Therapies: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Literature (1970-2025).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- AI-Enabled Wearables for Motor Function Assessment and Rehabilitation in Parkinson Disease: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Review
- Development and User-Centered Evaluation of Smart Systems for Loneliness Monitoring in Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Recent Advances and Challenges of Textile-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Smart Healthcare and Sports Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Germanium-embedded fabrics attenuate oxidative stress and modulate cytokine activity in a progressiveFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Telemedicine and digital health: The future for pharmaceutical companies and health care.Indian journal of pharmacology · 2026Review
- ThrombUS+ Project: Toward Wearable Continuous Point-of-Care Monitoring for Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Lower Limb.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Value driven co-design of smart sportswear for heat illness prevention in tropical regions.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Multifunctional, energy-autonomous textile sensors enabled by spray-coated two-dimensional heterostructures.Npj flexible electronics · 2026Article
- Advancing Wearable Technologies with Hydrogels: Innovations and Future Perspectives.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bridging divides or deepening gaps? ICT, quality of life, and the challenge of inclusive development at the intersection of healthcare and human development in South Asia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Smart e-Textile Singlet Prototype and Concept: Multi Sensor Sensing for Geriatric Monitoring.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Silk Fibroin Protective Coating for Washable and Reusable Textile Electronics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Riveted Interconnections of Capacitance-Matched MXene-Based Yarn Supercapacitors Enable Seamless Energy Integration in Textiles.Small science · 2025Article
- Three-Dimensional Printed Stimulating Hybrid Smart Bandage.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Sedentary lifestyles and evolving work environments have created challenges for global health and cause huge burdens on healthcare and fitness systems. Physical immobility and functional losses due to aging are two main reasons for noncommunicable disease mortality. Smart electronic textiles (e-textiles) have attracted considerable attention because of their potential uses in health monitoring, rehabilitation, and training assessment applications. Interactive textiles integrated with electronic devices and algorithms can be used to gather, process, and digitize data on human body motion in real time for purposes such as electrotherapy, improving blood circulation, and promoting wound healing. This review summarizes research advances on e-textiles designed for wearable healthcare and fitness systems. The significance of e-textiles, key applications, and future demand expectations are addressed in this review. Various health conditions and fitness problems and possible solutions involving the use of multifunctional interactive garments are discussed. A brief discussion of essential materials and basic procedures used to fabricate wearable e-textiles are included. Finally, the current challenges, possible solutions, opportunities, and future perspectives in the area of smart textiles are discussed.
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.