https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jhe/si/862383/
Public health is the art and science of promoting health, preventing diseases, and increasing health and lifespan through the organized efforts of society. It is believed that sport plays an important role in physical and mental health as it incorporates physical activity. Physical activities during sports are associated with risks for injury, such as concussions in contact sports and over-use injuries in sports requiring frequent repetition of the same movement.
Although sports injuries and their aftermath have been well-studied, less attention has been given to public health, especially using technology. The use of AI-enabled IoT devices in sports can reduce the risk of injuries and enhance the efficiency, capabilities, and fitness of athletes, spectators, coaches, and officials. The use of AI-enabled IoT devices in sports and public health has huge implications for research, businesses, and future activities of mankind. This is due to the fact that the IoT devices are required to extract an unprecedented amount of health data that can be filtered, processed, and analyzed using AI and machine learning. As a result, any system based on these technologies can obtain the benefits of collecting, processing, and analyzing highly valuable data of athletes, trainers, spectators, coaches, and officials. These technologies are beneficial for injury prevention, disease transmission, on-time diagnosis, and treatments for various diseases in an easy and cost-effective way.
The aim of this Special Issue is to identify public health concerns associated with sports using AI-enabled IoT devices and machine learning algorithms. Moreover, this Special Issue will address how the brain works during sports and analyze gait techniques and human activities and their effects on health. This Special Issue aims to motivate researchers from both academia and industry to investigate and analyze various aspects of AI-enabled IoT devices and their roles in sports and public health. Any pioneering methods and algorithms detailed in original research and review articles that offer improvements in sports and public health are welcome.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: