Human motion monitoring in sports using wearable graphene-coated fiber sensors

Abstract

Human motion monitoring is significant for professional athletes who desire to improve their performance in sports. In this study, we have fabricated a wearable graphene-coated fiber sensor and achieved the monitoring of the key motions during playing basketball and soccer. Most of body movements even the subtle ones, could be accurately identified by the sensor. The recorded sensing data indicated the ultrahigh sensitivity and a very wide sensing range. The high reproducibility and fast response ability demonstrated during the measurements shows that the as-fabricated sensors have the great potentials in the applications of sports motion monitoring.