Sensing of joint and spinal bending or stretching via a retractable and wearable badge reel

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 2950 - 11
• Main Authors: Li, Chengyu, Liu, Di, Xu, Chaoqun, Wang, Ziming, Shu, Sheng, Sun, Zhuoran, Tang, Wei, Wang, Zhong Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 19.05.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/1005/1009; 639/4077/4072/4062; 639/925/927; Bending machines; Diagnosis; Durability; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inclinometers; Joints (anatomy); Medical diagnosis; Monitoring; multidisciplinary; Nanogenerators; Orthopedics; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spine; Stretching

Human motions, such as joint/spinal bending or stretching, often contain information that is useful for orthopedic/neural disease diagnosis, rehabilitation, and prevention. Here, we show a badge-reel-like stretch sensing device with a grating-structured triboelectric nanogenerator exhibiting a stret...