4.5.1. Sensor Placement

Table 5 describes the different sensor placements used across the 36 reviewed manuscripts. The majority of records instrumented a piece of the rowing equipment such as the boat, oars or ergometer with an inertial sensor (27/36—75.0%). Instrumented equipment such as the oars were used to obtain measures such as stroke rate, boat orientation, stroke length, boat velocity, boat position and stability. When the athlete was instrumented, records recorded sensor placements on the forearm, back (upper/lower), torso, arm (proximal/distal), leg (proximal/distal) and ear. Two of the records also used full body inertial sensor systems. When athletes were instrumented, it was often to obtain measures of their body segmen<sup>t</sup> orientations throughout a stroke. It is clear, however, that the research community has focused more on instrumenting the rowing equipment with inertial sensors than the athlete and thus there are opportunities for future research investigations doing the latter.
