Development of a Wearable Instrumented Vest for Posture Monitoring and System Usability Verification Based on the Technology Acceptance Model.
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SUBMITTER: Lin WY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5191151 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
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Development of a Wearable Instrumented Vest for Posture Monitoring and System Usability Verification Based on the Technology Acceptance Model.
Lin Wen-Yen WY Chou Wen-Cheng WC Tsai Tsai-Hsuan TH Lin Chung-Chih CC Lee Ming-Yih MY
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 20161217 12
Body posture and activity are important indices for assessing health and quality of life, especially for elderly people. Therefore, an easily wearable device or instrumented garment would be valuable for monitoring elderly people's postures and activities to facilitate healthy aging. In particular, such devices should be accepted by elderly people so that they are willing to wear it all the time. This paper presents the design and development of a novel, textile-based, intelligent wearable vest ...[more]
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