The Use of Inertial Measurement Units for the Study of Free Living Environment Activity Assessment: A Literature Review

Overview

Journal Sensors (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2020 Oct 6

PMID 33019633

Citations 10

Authors

Sylvain Jung

Mona Michaud

Laurent Oudre

Eric Dorveaux

Louis Gorintin

Nicolas Vayatis

Damien Ricard

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Abstract

This article presents an overview of fifty-eight articles dedicated to the evaluation of physical activity in free-living conditions using wearable motion sensors. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the technical aspects linked to sensors (types, number, body positions, and technical characteristics) as well as a deep discussion on the protocols implemented in free-living conditions (environment, duration, instructions, activities, and annotation). Finally, it presents a description and a comparison of the main algorithms and processing tools used for assessing physical activity from raw signals.

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