Method, Device and System for Sensing Neuromuscular, Physiological, Biomechanical, and Musculoskeletal Activity

A method of monitoring neuromuscular, physiological, biomechanical, or musculoskeletal activity of a subject, the method comprising:

• placing an inertial measurement unit comprising at least one accelerometer and/or at least one gyroscope on the subject;
• obtaining information representative of one or more inertial data sets from the inertial measurement unit during one or more physical actions performed by the subject;
• comparing the generated one or more inertial data sets to reference data for the one or more physical actions;
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• determining predictive injury information for the one or more physical actions performed by the subject, the predictive injury information being based, at least in part, on the comparison between the generated inertial data set and the reference data.

A computer implemented method for monitoring neuromuscular, physiological, biomechanical, or musculoskeletal activity of a subject based on information received from a wearable inertia measurement unit adapted to be performed on a portable computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving and processing information from the inertial measurement unit representative of one or more physical actions performed by the subject;
• generating an inertial data set for the one or more physical action based on the received and processed information;
• comparing the generated inertial data set to reference data stored on computer readable memory in communication with the portable computing device;
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• causing an output component of the portable computing device to provide feedback comprising predictive injury information, the predictive injury information being based, at least in part, on the comparison between the generated inertial data set and the reference data.