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Sustainable Physiological Adaptation of Humans to Diverse Environment Conditions Using Smart NanoTextiles
Published in Prashansa Sharma, Devsuni Singh, Vivek Dave, Fundamentals of Nano–Textile Science, 2023
Renu Bala Yadav, Vinay Kumar Yadav, Dharam Pal Pathak, Rajesh Arora
Hexoskin, developedby Montreal, QC, Canada, is a smart textile wearables knitted with 73% micro polyamide and 27% elastane equipped with the system to measure heart rate (HR), variability in HR (VHR) as tachycardia and bradycardia, respiratory volume and breath rate, gesture and posture control, steps counting, activity measurement, calories burn measurement, sleep quality and activeness measurement, cognitive functions, etc., are the measure function utilized by Hexoskin (Hexoskin Smart Garments Specifications (online); Abdallah et al., 2017). Few more examples of smart textile which serves the purpose of activeness and alertness are: Bioman+ manufactured by AiQ (AiQBioman+ [online]), SKIIN Textile ComputingTM by Myant Inc. (SKIIN Textile ComputingTM [online]), and Neuronaute® technology by Bioserenity, etc. (Neuronate® Bioserenity [online]).
Occupational physical activity in brewery and office workers
Published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2018
Janalee F. Thompson, Rachel L. Severson, John C. Rosecrance
In addition to wrist-worn wearables, athletes and health enthusiasts are also adopting wearable smart clothing to track activity. Smart clothing can be designed with sensors built into the material to measure heart rate, steps, and breathing rate. Hexoskin is a type of smart shirt designed to measure physiological activity. Although studies evaluating the validity and reliability of smart clothing are very limited, a few studies have recently reported the established validity of the Hexoskin in laboratory settings.[44–46] The Hexoskin’s built-in electrocardiogram potentially makes this device a good comparison measure of OPA. Therefore, the Hexoskin was selected as a second method for evaluating OPA.
Acceleration profile of an acrobatic act during training and shows using wearable technology
Published in Sports Biomechanics, 2020
Leland Barker, Bryan Burnstein, John Mercer
The Hexoskin is a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt that collects heart rate and breathing data from sensors located in the chest and abdominal region in addition to tri-axial accelerations from an accelerometer in a pocket at the lateral right hip. Only accelerometer data were used for this study. The accelerometer unit also stores data which are uploaded to a proprietary user interface via Hexoskin’s website where data can be viewed and downloaded for analysis. A trial of data was initiated when the shirt was physically connected to the accelerometer unit via a connecting cable. Once unplugged, the trial was stopped with data stored within the unit.