Liveskin Wearable Looks To Tackle Injury

LiveSkin, designed for rugby and American football players, is looking to keep players fit and injury free with a sensor that can feel the force of a tackle.

The set of wearable sensors can be fitted inside shoulder pads and can measure the force sustained and exerted by muscle groups, essentially analysing how a player tackles with their bodies. The data obtained can then be sent in real time to a smartphone, tablet of Apple Watch app wireless.

Coaches, physios and medical teams can then go through the data and help optimise training drills and rehabilitation programmes. The data can also be stored to help identify long term trends.

Created by Sensible Wearables, a Scottish startup, has had clubs trialing the sensors and hopes to have players wearing it on a larger scale in the next 12 to 18 months.

Jack Ng, founder of the company , said: “Although wearables are already used in sports, our product is doing something very different: measuring force.

“There is a real gap in the market for a system which can accurately understand and communicate how impact relates to different athletes, at different times and, ultimately, the outcome of a game. Unsurprisingly, contact sports, like rugby and American football, are the likeliest to adopt it and see the biggest results.”

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