Wearable Technology Integrated Smart Textiles in Sports and Allied Fields-A Review

Abstract

Smart fabrics belong to that category of textiles which have been developed with new
technologies to provide added values to the wearer. Smart clothing technology has become
an integral part of the modern day professional sports. Wearable technology keeps
monitoring the load on day to day basis of the players to ensure that they maintain injury-free
and peak conditions for the competition. Biometric sensors can provide the metrics for
athletes to become integral part of the tools moving forward. Healthier employees mean
lower health care costs and for that new apps and devices are for the games like tennis, golf
and swimming. A lot of sportsmen and women look for advantage over their combatant
wearing appropriate high-tech textiles. The textile integration of wearable computing
components, it has been possible for innovative and pervasive monitoring in the sports arena.