title: HuMOVE: a low-invasive wearable monitoring platform in sexual medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate an accelerometer-based wearable system, named Human Movement (HuMOVE) platform, designed to enable quantitative and continuous measurement of sexual performance with minimal invasiveness and inconvenience for users.
  
  
  METHODS
  Design, implementation, and development of HuMOVE, a wearable platform equipped with an accelerometer sensor for monitoring inertial parameters for sexual performance assessment and diagnosis, were performed. The system enables quantitative measurement of movement parameters during sexual intercourse, meeting the requirements of wearability, data storage, sampling rate, and interfacing methods, which are fundamental for human sexual intercourse performance analysis. HuMOVE was validated through characterization using a controlled experimental test bench and evaluated in a human model during simulated sexual intercourse conditions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HuMOVE demonstrated to be a robust and quantitative monitoring platform and a reliable candidate for sexual performance evaluation and diagnosis. Characterization analysis on the controlled experimental test bench demonstrated an accurate correlation between the HuMOVE system and data from a reference displacement sensor. Experimental tests in the human model during simulated intercourse conditions confirmed the accuracy of the sexual performance evaluation platform and the effectiveness of the selected and derived parameters. The obtained outcomes also established the project expectations in terms of usability and comfort, evidenced by the questionnaires that highlighted the low invasiveness and acceptance of the device.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of our knowledge, HuMOVE platform is the first device for human sexual performance analysis compatible with sexual intercourse; the system has the potential to be a helpful tool for physicians to accurately classify sexual disorders, such as premature or delayed ejaculation.
authors.affiliation: The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: g.ciuti@sssup.it.
authors.forename: Gastone
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciuti
authors.affiliation: The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.affiliation: STORM Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdastri
authors.affiliation: The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menciassi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basile Fasolo
authors.affiliation: The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dario
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology*; D003950:Diagnostic Techniques, Urological / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012984:Software