title: A textile-based wearable sensing device designed for monitoring the flexion angle of elbow and knee movements.
abstract: In this work a wearable gesture sensing device consisting of a textile strain sensor, using elastic conductive webbing, was designed for monitoring the flexion angle of elbow and knee movements. The elastic conductive webbing shows a linear response of resistance to the flexion angle. The wearable gesture sensing device was calibrated and then the flexion angle-resistance equation was established using an assembled gesture sensing apparatus with a variable resistor and a protractor. The proposed device successfully monitored the flexion angle during elbow and knee movements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, 100 Wenhwa Road, Seatwen, Taichung 40724, Taiwan. twshyr@fcu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Tien-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Shyr
authors.affiliation: Taiwan Textile Research Institute, 20 Kejia Road, Douliu City, Yunlin 64057, Taiwan. jwshie@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jing-Wen
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shie
authors.affiliation: Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, 100 Wenhwa Road, Seatwen, Taichung 40724, Taiwan. doublemoonclan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Chang-Han
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, 100 Wenhwa Road, Seatwen, Taichung 40724, Taiwan. dobiafish@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jung-Jen
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D004548:Elasticity; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013784:Textiles