Wearable Sensor-Based Remote Monitoring for Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Saudi Arabia

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@article{1720117,
      author = {Waseem Mumtaz Ahamed},
      title = {Wearable Sensor-Based Remote Monitoring for Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Saudi Arabia},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {10},
      number = {1},
      pages = {3181-3192},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1720117.pdf},
      abstract = {Background: Saudi Arabia is expanding organized sport, community fitness and specialist rehabilitation as part of Vision 2030, yet sports injury prevention still depends heavily on episodic screening, subjective symptom reporting and facility based follow up. Wearable sensors can transform this model by capturing movement, load, fatigue and recovery signals during ordinary training and home rehabilitation. Objective: This review synthesizes recent evidence on wearable sensor based remote monitoring for sports injury prevention and rehabilitation outcomes, and develops a Saudi oriented implementation framework. Methods: A structured review methodology was designed around Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, IEEE Xplore and Google Scholar searches covering 2020 to 2025. Eligible sources addressed wearable inertial sensors, global positioning systems, surface electromyography, smart textiles, biofeedback, artificial intelligence, telerehabilitation, musculoskeletal injury risk or return to sport. Results: Evidence indicates that wearable systems are most valuable when they combine validated biomechanics, workload interpretation, individualized thresholds, clinician dashboards and privacy aware data governance. The strongest applications concern lower limb load monitoring, ankle and knee injury risk, rehabilitation adherence, asymmetry detection and return to play decision support. Conclusion: Wearable remote monitoring should be treated as a clinical service model rather than a device purchase. For Saudi Arabia, scalable adoption requires Arabic user experience, interoperable digital health infrastructure, sports federation participation, therapist training and ethical safeguards aligned with national health transformation goals.},
      keywords = {Wearable Sensors, Remote Monitoring, Sports Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation Outcomes, Saudi Arabia, Vision 2030, Inertial Measurement Units, Telerehabilitation, Return to Play, Sports Medicine.},
      month = {July},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV10I1-1720117}
  }