Title :
ClimBSN: Climber performance monitoring with BSN
Author :
Pansiot, Julien ; King, Rachel C. ; McIlwraith, Douglas G. ; Lo, Benny P L ; Yang, Guang-Zhong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. London, London
Abstract :
The recent growth in popularity in sport climbing is partly due to the safe environment provided by indoor climbing walls, particularly for novice climbers. Sport climbing involves a wide range of skills and abilities. The purpose of this paper is to present a wearable sensing platform and an analysis framework for assessing general climbing performance during training. To provide the required freedom of movement, a single miniaturized ear-worn 3D accelerometer-based sensor is used. Independent features derived from the accelerometer data are then translated into climbing-specific measures, such as motion fluidity, strength, as well as endurance. Based on these indices, the overall level of the climber and the associated climbing styles can be quantified.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomechanics; monitoring; radiotelemetry; sensors; sport; ClimBSN; analysis framework; climber performance monitoring; climbing specific measures; climbing training; ear worn 3D accelerometer based sensor; endurance; general climbing performance assessment; indoor climbing walls; motion fluidity; sport climbing; strength; wearable sensing platform; Accelerometers; Biomedical computing; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Body sensor networks; Friction; Motion measurement; Performance analysis; Shape; Wearable sensors; body sensor network; sport monitoring; sport-climbing;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Devices and Biosensors, 2008. ISSS-MDBS 2008. 5th International Summer School and Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2252-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2253-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSMDBS.2008.4575009