• Title/Summary/Keyword: Posture correcting band

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A Measurement System for Rounded Shoulder Posture using a Wearable Stretch Sensor

  • Nguyen, Manh Thang;Dang, Quoc Khanh;Kim, Younghoon;Chee, Youngjoon
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we present a wearable measurement system for monitoring rounded shoulders. The system contains a shoulder correction band and a stretch sensor that can correct and measure shoulder posture, respectively. The capacitance of the stretch sensor changes linearly according to changes in the shoulders. To verify measurement, a motion analysis system was used as the reference to compare the change in the rounded angles of the shoulders and the change in the stretch sensor's capacitance. The results indicated that there is a high correlation between the two changes and the system can be used as a monitoring device for rounded shoulders.