Monitor athletes during exercise has always been a
major challenge for engineers and researchers due to
the restrictions involving the measurement of
physiological and performance parameters. An
athlete should have complete freedom to perform his
normal activity, in order to be correctly monitored.
The advent of e-textiles can give an important
contribution to overcome these limitations since it is
possible to integrate sensors in garments and thus
perform monitoring without limiting the freedom of
movements. This paper presents part of the work
that is being carried out in the project entitled
BIOSWIM, which envisions the development of an
instrumented swimsuit, capable of acquiring several
physiological and performance related signals with
the purpose of aiding the trainer in improving the
technical component of the swimmer and improve
his performance. This paper will give an overview
of the monitoring system and the textile sensors that
were developed, namely for biopotential
measurement.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - projeto Bioswim (PTDC/EEAELC/70803/2006
