Industry-Academic Collaboration · Led by MSK Doctors
Smart-MOTION®
A completed Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst programme integrating wearable smart textile technology into musculoskeletal monitoring and rehabilitation — delivered through a high-impact industry-academic consortium.
Why This Programme Was Important
Challenging an intermittent and observational model.
Traditional musculoskeletal pathways rely on infrequent clinic visits, lab-based gait analysis, bulky orthoses and subjective observation. Smart-MOTION® explored how continuous, real-world monitoring could enable earlier intervention, personalised rehabilitation, and regenerative-aligned care.
What Was Developed
From smart textile to clinical insight.
Smart Wearable Garments
Adapted smart-textile garments capturing joint movement and biomechanical patterns during everyday activity.
Continuous Monitoring
Longitudinal insight beyond intermittent clinic visits — real-world data, captured outside the laboratory.
Clinically-Actionable Insight
Translation of raw wearable data into early markers, recovery progress and personalised intervention triggers.
The Consortium
A consortium led by clinical reality.
Conceived and led by MSK Doctors, drawing directly on extensive experience in managing complex musculoskeletal conditions across both private and NHS settings.
Clinical Lead
MSK Doctors
Programme direction, unmet need identification, governance & ethics, clinical translation of wearable data.
Industry Partner
KYMIRA
Smart garment design, wearable sensors and medical-grade textile engineering.
Academic Partner
University of Chester
Printed electronics, materials science and sensor validation.
Outcomes Beyond the Funding Period
Capability that continues to compound.
- Strengthened MSK Doctors’ digital and innovation capability
- Informed ongoing AI-enabled motion analysis development
- Supported hybrid and remote care models
- Contributed to integration of wearable technology into regenerative pathways
Completion marks progress — not an endpoint.
Smart-MOTION® sits alongside our long-term studies, KTPs and ongoing AI programmes. See where the next translational step happens.