Electronic Textiles for in Situ Biomechanical Measurements

摘要

This paper describes the benefits of and issues in designing and building an integrated body-worn electronic textile (e-textile) system capable of assessing a suite of biomechanical measures. Unlike laboratory-based systems this system would be worn by a soldier and could be used in a range of environmental conditions. A prototype e-textile developed at Virginia Tech has already shown promising results in de area of gait analysis.