• Tracking Hockey Hits: Wearable Sensors vs. Reality

  • Mar 15 2025
  • Length: 12 mins
  • Podcast

Tracking Hockey Hits: Wearable Sensors vs. Reality

  • Summary

  • This episode explores how wearable sensors measure body impacts in elite hockey players. Learn how video analysis confirms the accuracy of sensor-detected collisions and what it means for player safety and injury prevention.
    Discover the science behind wearable impact sensors in ice hockey. We examine how well these sensors track body contact, from checks to falls, and their role in improving injury monitoring and player protection.
    Main source: Video corroboration of player incurred impacts using trunk worn sensors among national ice-hockey team members
    Aaron Pilotti-Riley, Davor Stojanov, Muhammad Sohaib Arif, Stephen J. McGregor
    PLoS One. 2019; 14(6): e0218235. Published online 2019 Jun 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218235
    PMCID: PMC6590802

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