Quantification of Human Movement for Assessment in Automated Exercise Coaching

Autor:	Hagler, Stuart, Jimison, Holly B., Bajczy, Ruzena, Pavel, Misha
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Physics - Medical Physics Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods
Zdroj:	Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014: 5836-9
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944955
Popis:	Quantification of human movement is a challenge in many areas, ranging from physical therapy to robotics. We quantify of human movement for the purpose of providing automated exercise coaching in the home. We developed a model-based assessment and inference process that combines biomechanical constraints with movement assessment based on the Microsoft Kinect camera. To illustrate the approach, we quantify the performance of a simple squatting exercise using two model-based metrics that are related to strength and endurance, and provide an estimate of the strength and energy-expenditure of each exercise session. We look at data for 5 subjects, and show that for some subjects the metrics indicate a trend consistent with improved exercise performance. Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02713 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv