Good Boost Introduces HydroPower – A New Era of Measurable Aquatic Rehabilitation Powered by Movesense Flash
Accurately quantifying movement in water has been a long-standing challenge in aquatic rehabilitation and hydrotherapy. While water-based exercise is widely used for injury recovery, performance assessment has traditionally relied on observation and subjective feedback rather than objective data.
Good Boost, a UK-based digital health company, has taken a major step toward changing this. Their new aquatic rehabilitation solution, HydroPower, uses the Movesense Flash sensor to capture precise underwater movement data and translate it into meaningful insights that support rehabilitation, performance monitoring, and return-to-play decisions.
Transforming Aquatic Assessments from Intuition into Intelligence
HydroPower is designed for medical professionals, sports scientists, and strength & conditioning coaches who work with injured patients or elite athletes. By leveraging the unique underwater motion measurement capabilities of the Movesense Flash sensor, HydroPower enables quantitative assessment of movement performance in water something that has previously only been possible with expensive and complex video-based systems that require the patient to be positioned in exactly the right position in the pool.
HydroPower provides objective metrics such as:
- Joint range of motion
- Movement symmetry
- Strength and fatigue profiling
- Power output
- Set- and repetition-level variability
These metrics allow clinicians and performance teams to track functional KPIs throughout the rehabilitation process, from early recovery to readiness for full performance, supporting more informed decision-making and individualized therapy planning.
Scientifically Validated Results
The measurement approach behind HydroPower has been scientifically validated, with results published in Nature Scientific Reports. The peer-reviewed study confirms the reliability of underwater movement measurements using the Movesense Flash sensor, reinforcing the credibility of the solution for both clinical and high-performance sports use. Movesense initially equipped the research project with sensors through the Movesense Academic Program.
Read the publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-21131-1
Movesense Flash as a Technical Enabler
HydroPower is built on the Movesense Flash sensor using the Movesense development platform, which together enable the development of reliable use case specific reliable wearable measurement solutions for challenging environments such as water.
Key enablers include:
- Compact, water-resistant sensor design suitable for aquatic use
- High-quality inertial measurement data
- On-device data logging for environments where wireless communication is limited
- Open APIs and developer tools that allow custom algorithms and analytics
By using the Movesense platform, Good Boost has been able to focus on clinical insight and performance analytics while relying on proven sensor technology for accurate data capture.
The Movesense sensor also includes highly accurate heart rate and single-channel ECG measurement (ECG for outside of water use), although these were not used in this implementation.
Expanding the Possibilities of Rehabilitation Technology
With HydroPower, Good Boost demonstrates how wearable sensor technology can extend beyond land-based rehabilitation into aquatic environments, opening new opportunities for evidence-based hydrotherapy and aquatic resistance training.
For Movesense, HydroPower is an inspiring example of how the Movesense Flash sensor and developer ecosystem enable innovative solutions across sports, healthcare, and rehabilitation, especially in use cases where traditional measurement tools fall short.
More information
Learn more about HydroPower: An animated explainer video and the product in action video.
To schedule a demonstration and see how HydroPower delivers measurable value to your team or clinic contact Good Boost at goodboost.ai/contact.
