A smart chair that measures how fast someone stands up and sits down five times gives slightly different times than when a person uses a stopwatch — on average, it records about 2.7 seconds faster,...

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Sensor-Integrated Chairs for Lower Body Strength and Endurance Assessment

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Human

2024 Jan 25

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Sensor-Integrated Chairs for Lower Body Strength and Endurance Assessment

DOI: 10.3390/s24030788

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