Conversion of upper-limb inertial measurement unit data to joint angles: a systematic review

Z Fang, S Woodford, D Senanayake, D Ackland - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inertial measurement units (IMUs) have become the mainstay in human motion evaluation
outside of the laboratory; however, quantification of 3-dimensional upper limb motion using …

Wearable devices for gait analysis in intelligent healthcare

X Liu, C Zhao, B Zheng, Q Guo, X Duan… - Frontiers in Computer …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we review the role of wearable devices in tracking our daily locomotion. We
discuss types of wearable devices that can be used, methods for gait analyses, and multiple …

CNN-based estimation of sagittal plane walking and running biomechanics from measured and simulated inertial sensor data

E Dorschky, M Nitschke, CF Martindale… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Machine learning is a promising approach to evaluate human movement based on
wearable sensor data. A representative dataset for training data-driven models is crucial to …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of three neural network approaches for estimating joint angles and moments from inertial measurement units

M Mundt, WR Johnson, W Potthast, B Markert, A Mian… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The application of artificial intelligence techniques to wearable sensor data may facilitate
accurate analysis outside of controlled laboratory settings—the holy grail for gait clinicians …

The use of synthetic imu signals in the training of deep learning models significantly improves the accuracy of joint kinematic predictions

M Sharifi Renani, AM Eustace, CA Myers, CW Clary - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gait analysis based on inertial sensors has become an effective method of quantifying
movement mechanics, such as joint kinematics and kinetics. Machine learning techniques …

Predicting knee joint kinematics from wearable sensor data in people with knee osteoarthritis and clinical considerations for future machine learning models

JS Tan, S Tippaya, T Binnie, P Davey, K Napier… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Deep learning models developed to predict knee joint kinematics are usually trained on
inertial measurement unit (IMU) data from healthy people and only for the activity of walking …

Subject-independent, biological hip moment estimation during multimodal overground ambulation using deep learning

DD Molinaro, I Kang, J Camargo… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Estimating biological joint moments using wearable sensors could enable out-of-lab
biomechanical analyses and exoskeletons that assist throughout daily life. To realize these …

Inertial motion capture-based wearable systems for estimation of joint kinetics: A systematic review

CJ Lee, JK Lee - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In biomechanics, joint kinetics has an important role in evaluating the mechanical load of the
joint and understanding its motor function. Although an optical motion capture (OMC) system …

[HTML][HTML] Generative deep learning applied to biomechanics: A new augmentation technique for motion capture datasets

M Bicer, ATM Phillips, A Melis, AH McGregor… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deep learning biomechanical models perform optimally when trained with large datasets,
however these can be challenging to collect in gait labs, while limited augmentation …

The future of in-field sports biomechanics: wearables plus modelling compute real-time in vivo tissue loading to prevent and repair musculoskeletal injuries

D Lloyd - Sports Biomechanics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the use of biomechanics in identifying the mechanistic causes of
musculoskeletal tissue injury and degeneration. It appraises how biomechanics has been …