Recent Trends, Construction, and Applications of Smart Textiles and Clothing for Monitoring of Health Activity: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Review

• Published in: IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering Vol. 15; pp. 36 - 60
• Main Authors: Kubicek, Jan, Fiedorova, Klara, Vilimek, Dominik, Cerny, Martin, Penhaker, Marek, Janura, Miroslav, Rosicky, Jiri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Biomedical monitoring; biomedical signal monitoring; conductive polymers; EEG; EKG; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Electronics; Energy harvesting; Functional materials; Humans; Monitoring; Pressure sensors; Reviews; Sensors; Signal monitoring; Smart materials; Smart textiles; Temperature measurement; Textile electrodes; Textiles; Wearable Electronic Devices; wearable electronics; Wearable technology

In the area of biomedical signal monitoring, wearable electronics represents a dynamically growing field with a significant impact on the market of commercial products of biomedical signal monitoring and acquisition, as well as consumer electronic for vital functions monitoring. Since the electrodes...