Wearable Muscle Stimulation and Monitoring Device

Abstract

We developed a wearable device that can electrically stimulate muscle and measure the muscle activities simultaneously. This device is composed only of flexible material such as textile electrode printed on cloth and 5μm-thick piezoresistive silicon, polyimide substrate and PDMS. By deploying this device on sportswear, muscle training and motion assist by electrical muscle stimulation become possible, monitoring muscle activity simultaneously.