Fabrizio Billi

Amongst all the wearable technologies that have hit the consumer market, amongst the most popular are devices that measure motion, heart rate and even oxygen saturation. And consumer grade sensors are not only getting increasingly accurate, they are becoming increasingly powerful thanks to their connection to mobile phones, apps, web based algorithms and even edge computing. Where are we today with sensors, where are we going, and what can we expect from this class of devices in orthopaedics?