Both the rheostatic and capacitive types often take the form of a cord, tape, or mesh.
The third type of sensor uses high performance piezoelectric systems in soft, flexible/stretchable formats for measuring signals using the capability of piezoelectric materials to interconvert mechanical and electrical forms of energy.
[4] Wearable stretch sensors can be used for tasks such as measuring body posture or movement.
[5][6] in 2018, New Zealand based company StretchSense began making a motion capture glove (data glove) using stretch sensors.
Stretch sensors are now widely used in medical fields for analysis and measuring the human dielectric properties w.r.t skin.