Wearable, Wireless Sensing for Sports Medicine

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Wearable, Wireless Sensing for Sports Medicine

• Michael
• Lapinski

Responsive Environments
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Pitching Injuries

• 1973 50 pitchers shoulder or elbow pain
  sufficient to keep them from throwing
• 1989-1999 Disabled increased 54 (75 of
  pitchers)
• Elbow Surgeries
• Twice as many elbow surgeries for professional
  pitchers
• Four times for college pitchers
• Six times for high school pitchers
• Repetitive microtrauma - repeated submaximal
  loads result in cumulative microtrauma to soft
  tissues over time

• Pitch Counts
• Pitch Types
• Pitch Mechanics
• Physical Conditioning
• Periodization
• Nutrition
• Supplements

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Current State-of-the-Art
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The Node
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The Network
BASESTATION PIC HERE
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OK, What's new here?

• Direct measurement
• High Definition Data
• Portable
• Understanding the biomechanics of sports
• Minimize injury
• Prevent overuse injuries
• Aid rehabilitation
• Athlete Evaluation

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Network In Action
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Hand Wrist 2
Wrist 1
Hand 1
Upper Arm 2
Upper Arm 1
PRELIMINARY DATA UNCALIBRATED NODES
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