**Meet the editor**

Jesus Hamilton Ortiz obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics at the Universidad Santiago de Cali, his DEA in Telecommunications Engineering at the Technical University of Madrid, his PhD in Computer Engineering from the Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, and his PhD(c) in Telecommunication Engineering from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He was previ-

ously an assistant professor and researcher at the Universidad de Castilla La Mancha and is currently a full-time professor in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the Universidad Santiago de Cali. He is also an editor associate in *IEEE Access*. He is a founding partner of SME close mobile R&D, focused on R&D projects around wireless networks and RPAS.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Disorders 25**

**A Case Study 49**

Chapter 4 **Wearable Neuromodulators 71**

**Section 2 New Materials 107**

Chapter 1 **Advances in Wearable Sensing Technologies and Their Impact for Personalized and Preventive Medicine 3**

**Acceleration and Gait Cycle in Daily Parkinsonian Gait**

Chapter 3 **Wearable Technology as a Tool to Motivate Health Behaviour:**

Arsam N. Shiraz, Brian Leaker and Andreas Demosthenous

Nikolai Bazaev, Nikita Zhilo, Viktor Grinval'd and Sergey Selishchev

Venere Ferraro, Mila Stepanovic and Silvia Ferraris

Chapter 5 **Wearable Dialysis: Current State and Perspectives 91**

Chapter 6 **Smart Materials for Wearable Healthcare Devices 109**

Han Jin, Qinghui Jin and Jiawen Jian

Masahiko Suzuki, Makiko Yogo, Masayo Morita, Hiroo Terashi, Mutsumi Iijima, Mitsuru Yoneyama, Masato Takada, Hiroya Utsumi, Yasuyuki Okuma, Akito Hayashi, Satoshi Orimo and Hiroshi Mitoma

Chapter 2 **A Proposal for New Algorithm that Defines Gait-Induced**

Noushin Nasiri and Antonio Tricoli

**Section 1 Health 1**

## Contents

**Preface XI**


Chapter 2 **A Proposal for New Algorithm that Defines Gait-Induced Acceleration and Gait Cycle in Daily Parkinsonian Gait Disorders 25** Masahiko Suzuki, Makiko Yogo, Masayo Morita, Hiroo Terashi, Mutsumi Iijima, Mitsuru Yoneyama, Masato Takada, Hiroya Utsumi,

Chapter 3 **Wearable Technology as a Tool to Motivate Health Behaviour: A Case Study 49** Venere Ferraro, Mila Stepanovic and Silvia Ferraris

Yasuyuki Okuma, Akito Hayashi, Satoshi Orimo and Hiroshi Mitoma


### Chapter 7 **Recent Progress in Nanostructured Zinc Oxide Grown on Fabric for Wearable Thermoelectric Power Generator with UV Shielding 139** Pandiyarasan Veluswamy, Suhasini Sathiyamoorthy, Hiroya Ikeda, Manikandan Elayaperumal and Malik Maaza Chapter 8 **Conductive Yarn Embroidered Circuits for System on Textiles 161**

Preface

1. Health

2. New Materials 3. Technology TI

etc. The book is organized into three sections:

This book includes recent developments in key areas of interest in health, new materials, and technology TI. It is also suitable as a text for graduate students, engineers, physicians,

"Wearables technology" is a blanket term for electronics that can be worn on the body, either as an accessory or as part of material used in clothing. One of the major features of wearable technology is its ability to connect to the internet, enabling data to be exchanged between a network and the device. This ability to both send and receive data has pushed wearable tech‐ nology to the forefront of the Internet of Things. This book supplies the foundation and in‐ sight you will need to make your own contributions to the field. It includes coverage of tools or devices to improve health and use in sports activities such as fitness, new materials such as conductors made of organic polymers, embroidered circuits made of smart materials, bio-in‐

> **Dr. Jesús Hamilton Ortiz** Closemobile R&D startup Spain Closemobile SAS Colombia

Universidad Santiago de Cali, Columbia

COMBA group

spired antennas used in the textile area, and middleware for the wearables industry.

Jung-Sim Roh


#### Chapter 10 **The Comparison of Wearable Fitness Devices 197** Kanitthika Kaewkannate and Soochan Kim


Farouq Muhammad Aliyu and Basem Almadani

## Preface

Chapter 7 **Recent Progress in Nanostructured Zinc Oxide Grown on Fabric for Wearable Thermoelectric Power Generator with UV**

Manikandan Elayaperumal and Malik Maaza

Chapter 8 **Conductive Yarn Embroidered Circuits for System on**

Chapter 9 **A Wearable Heating System with a Controllable e-Textile-**

Senem Kurşun Bahadir and Umut Kivanc Sahin

Paulo Fernandes da Silva Júnior, Alexandre Jean René Serres, Raimundo Carlos Silvério Freire, Georgina Karla de Freitas Serres, Edmar Candeia Gurjão, Joabson Nogueira de Carvalho and Ewaldo

Chapter 10 **The Comparison of Wearable Fitness Devices 197** Kanitthika Kaewkannate and Soochan Kim

Chapter 12 **Middleware-Driven Intelligent Glove for Industrial**

Farouq Muhammad Aliyu and Basem Almadani

Pandiyarasan Veluswamy, Suhasini Sathiyamoorthy, Hiroya Ikeda,

**Shielding 139**

**VI** Contents

**Textiles 161** Jung-Sim Roh

**Section 3 Technology TI 195**

**Based Thermal Panel 175**

Chapter 11 **Bio-Inspired Wearable Antennas 219**

Eder Carvalho Santana

**Applications 239**

This book includes recent developments in key areas of interest in health, new materials, and technology TI. It is also suitable as a text for graduate students, engineers, physicians, etc. The book is organized into three sections:


"Wearables technology" is a blanket term for electronics that can be worn on the body, either as an accessory or as part of material used in clothing. One of the major features of wearable technology is its ability to connect to the internet, enabling data to be exchanged between a network and the device. This ability to both send and receive data has pushed wearable tech‐ nology to the forefront of the Internet of Things. This book supplies the foundation and in‐ sight you will need to make your own contributions to the field. It includes coverage of tools or devices to improve health and use in sports activities such as fitness, new materials such as conductors made of organic polymers, embroidered circuits made of smart materials, bio-in‐ spired antennas used in the textile area, and middleware for the wearables industry.

#### **Dr. Jesús Hamilton Ortiz**

Closemobile R&D startup Spain Closemobile SAS Colombia COMBA group Universidad Santiago de Cali, Columbia

**Section 1**

**Health**

**Section 1**
