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Novel Optical Biosensors in Biomechanics and Physiology

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 2844

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Keat Ghee Ong

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Department of Bioengineering, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
Interests: implantable sensors; wireless sensors; regenerative medicine; biomedical instrumentation; magnetoelastic materials
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Dr. Michael McGeehan

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Department of Bioengineering, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
Interests: wireless sensors with orthopedic applications

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Optical-based sensing technologies are broadly useful for measuring physiological signals and biomechanical motions and forces. This Special Issue will cover novel sensors and the novel uses of existing sensors in these areas. We are seeking contributions that focus on topics of interest here, which include, but are not limited to, new sensor designs, novel uses for existing sensors, optimizing outputs or signal processing techniques to improve the usefulness of sensors, and evaluating sensors in real-world settings. Wearable, implantable, and integrated optical sensing technologies are of particular interest. Both original research and review papers are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Keat Ghee Ong
Guest Editor

Dr. Michael McGeehan
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • wearable sensors
  • implantable sensors
  • biomechanics
  • physiology
  • optoelectronics
  • force
  • motion
  • kinematics
  • kinetics
  • assistive devices
  • biomechatronics

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In Vivo (In)Stability Shoulder Assessment in Healthy Active Adults Using Force Plates and a Motion Capture System: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Laura Ramírez-Pérez, Eric Yung-Sheng Su, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas and Graham K. Kerr
Sensors 2025, 25(17), 5333; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25175333 - 27 Aug 2025
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The assessment of shoulder stability is a great challenge in sports medicine. There is a lack of objective tools to assess functional shoulder stability in sports with high demands on the upper limb. This cross-sectional study recruited twenty healthy adults to analyze the [...] Read more.
The assessment of shoulder stability is a great challenge in sports medicine. There is a lack of objective tools to assess functional shoulder stability in sports with high demands on the upper limb. This cross-sectional study recruited twenty healthy adults to analyze the use of a force platform in a push-up analysis as a valid tool for estimating glenohumeral stability. For this purpose, the subjects performed one strength task based on a maximum lateral abduction against a dynamometer. They also performed three variations of a push-up task on force plates with movements recorded by a 3D motion capture system. The results showed that healthy adults present similar movement patterns during push-ups, without differences in terms of stability between sexes, although males showed greater values in lateral abduction strength (left: 63.2 vs. 36.8; p < 0.001; right: 64.2 vs. 38.9; p < 0.001) and ground reaction force peak in the three push-up tasks (p < 0.005). Moreover, four prediction models were developed based on the use of force plate data to estimate kinematics concerning humerus acceleration (p < 0.001). In conclusion, this research demonstrated that force plates are a valid tool for upper-limb assessment with significant correlations with dynamometer and 3D motion capture measures. Full article
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Using Wearable MEG to Study the Neural Control of Human Stepping
by Meaghan E. Spedden, George C. O’Neill, Timothy O. West, Tim M. Tierney, Stephanie Mellor, Nicholas A. Alexander, Robert Seymour, Jesper Lundbye-Jensen, Jens Bo Nielsen, Simon F. Farmer, Sven Bestmann and Gareth R. Barnes
Sensors 2025, 25(13), 4160; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25134160 - 4 Jul 2025
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A central challenge in movement neuroscience is developing methods for non-invasive spatiotemporal imaging of brain activity during natural, whole-body movement. We test the utility of a new brain imaging modality, optically pumped magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG), as an instrument to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of [...] Read more.
A central challenge in movement neuroscience is developing methods for non-invasive spatiotemporal imaging of brain activity during natural, whole-body movement. We test the utility of a new brain imaging modality, optically pumped magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG), as an instrument to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of human walking. Specifically, we ask whether known physiological signals can be recovered during discrete steps involving large-scale, whole-body translation. Our findings show that by using OP-MEG, we can image the brain during large-scale, natural movements. We provide proof-of-principle evidence for movement-related changes in beta band activity during stepping vs. standing, which are source-localized to the sensorimotor cortex. This work supports the significant potential of the OP-MEG modality for addressing fundamental questions in human gait research relevant to both the physiological and pathological mechanisms of walking. Full article
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