**6. Conclusions**

Inertial sensors can be used as a performance assessment tool in rowing. In the last decade, research into this field has gained momentum. Inertial sensors were used to measure performance features associated with stroke quality, metrics obtained from instrumented materials, indicators of the athlete's physicality and physiology and also general biofeedback. The review also assessed the properties of hardware that has been used in previous rowing research. Operational guidelines, based on this review, have been created and are proposed to assist future researchers with their methodology design and development. It is suggested that future research starts to incorporate more machine learning/neural network/AI algorithms and starts to focus on instrumenting the athlete rather than the equipment.

**Author Contributions:** Data retrieval, literature review design, review screening, and manuscript preparation, M.T.O.W.; literature review design, project supervision, and manuscript editing, H.G.E.; project supervision and manuscript editing, J.B.S. and D.V.T.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
