S-HOW Motion is an application of wearable technology using inertial sensors to characterize human movement and generate biomechanical profiles. It allows for a 10-15 minute analysis of movement and can study the effects of pathology or injury. The goal is injury prevention through primary, secondary, and rehabilitation applications. It adds value in areas like functional assessment, verifying exercise execution, rapid screening of player profiles, and generating customized rehabilitation plans. Characterizing athletic tasks can optimize injury prevention exercises and help identify signs linking common movements to potential injuries.

2. S-HOW Motion
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3. What is S-HOW Motion
• Advanced application of wearable technology based on inertial
sensors for the characterization of human gestures
• Allows to run a 10-15 minutes analysis describing how the movement
is performed
• Allows to generate a biomechanical profile on articularity of the
subject
• Study the effect of an underlying pathology/injury
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4. The concept
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5. How it works
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Vestibular system
Motion tracking wearable
technology
Real-time
inter-joint
coordination

6. Goal - Prevention
• Injury prevention and recovery come together
• The levels where our measurment tool can be applied are:
– Primary prevention (remove/reduce risk factors)
– Secondary prevention (identify the problem before it occurs)
– Rehabilitation
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7. Adedd value in Primary Prevention
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SCENARIO OBJECTIVE ADDED VALUE
Starting assessment of
players
Indentify alterations due to
previous injuries
• Easily measure the “inducing factors”
(articularity, symmetry) during common
task, on the field
• Monitor lifestyle
Functional evaluation
exercises
Understand if an altered
movement is the effect of a
lack in strength or resistance
• Quantification of “Core stability”
Prevention exercises Reduce the probability of
injuries through the training
program
• Characterization/quantification/verifica
tion of the correct execution of the 11+
warm-up exercises from F-MARC (FIFA).
Insurance State the shape and healthy
status of the athlete
• Translate the injury into an objective
and quantitative value

8. Added value in the Secondary Prevention
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SCENARIO OBJECTIVE ADDED VALUE
Warm-up exercizes are
not specific for a
certain injury
Try to identify the
signs/indexes which
anticipate a certain kind
of injury
• Measurement of specific
exercises allowing to evaluate
the player status, an estimate
of the required resting period,
supporting the work of
physiotherrapists
Need of a rapid test
which allows a
“screening” of the
soccer player profile
• Determine indexes for quick
reporting and consultancy (e.g.
asymmetry between left and
right side)

9. Rehabilitation
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SCENARIO OBJECTIVE ADDED VALUE
Physical and
psychological recovery
Evaluate the evolution of
the therapy;
Improve communication
with the player
• Evaluation of the status during
the rehabilitation/treatmetn
on the field (o in the swimming
pool)
Recovery with
standard methods
must take into account
the specific player
Generate a customized
training
• Subject-specific evaluation

10. Discussion
• How the “characterization of the athletic task” can
provide benefits to the world of football?
– Primary Prevention: optimization of the exercises
proposes in the 11+, or their evolution and improvements
– Secondary Prevention: examination of the common
tasks by the athlete, extracting a reference get a
screening in time, identifying signs linked to a potential
injury
– Rehabilitation: creation of a customized training
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