Paper Info
Title
Breath-Jockey: Development And Feasibility Assessment Of A Wearable System For Respiratory Rate And Kinematic Parameter Estimation For Gallop Athletes
Abstract
In recent years, wearable devices for physiological parameter monitoring in sports and physical activities have been gaining momentum. In particular, some studies have focused their attention on using available commercial monitoring systems mainly on horses during training sessions or competitions. Only a few studies have focused on the jockey's physiological and kinematic parameters. Although at a glance, it seems jockeys do not make a lot of effort during riding, it is quite the opposite. Indeed, especially during competitions, they profuse a short but high intensity effort. To this extend, we propose a wearable system integrating conductive textiles and an M-IMU to simultaneously monitor the respiratory rate (RR) and kinematic parameters of the riding activity. Firstly, we tested the developed wearable system on a healthy volunteer mimicking the typical riding movements of jockeys and compared the performances with a reference instrument. Lastly, we tested the system on two gallop jockeys during the "137 degrees Derby Italiano di Galoppo". The proposed system is able to track both the RR and the kinematic parameters during the various phases of the competition both at rest and during the race.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.3390/s21010152
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
sensors, biomedical monitoring, monitoring, smart textiles, equine sport, clothing, instruments, jockey, horse racing, physiological parameters
Journal
21
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1424-8220
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.41
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joshua Di Tocco140.94
Riccardo Sabbadini240.94
Luigi Raiano310.41
Federica Fani410.41
Simone Ripani510.41
Emiliano Schena610643.86
Domenico Formica78826.60
C Massaroni85426.42