Wearable Chest Sensor for Running Stride and Respiration Detection
Severin Bernhart, Eric T. Harbour, Ulf J. Jensen, Thomas Finkenzeller · 2022
Endurance running is one of the most popular physical activities for its low barriers to entry and broad health benefits, but some runners experience unpleasant respiratory distress that prevents participation [1].Wearable sensors are valuable for monitoring respiratory patterns and distress, and can accurately measure breathing rate and precise breath onset (flow reversal; FR) during running [2].They may be particularly suitable for biofeedback applications to enhance awareness of physiological phenomena [3], such as locomotor-respiratory coupling (LRC).The aim is a laboratory evaluation of a self-developed wearable device for physiological monitoring during female running and identification of opportunities for improvement of the measurement setup regarding signal quality.