Anthropometry and diagnostic aware deep learning for exercise assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Correct technique during strength exercises such as squats and Romanian deadlifts (RDLs) is fundamental for performance and injury prevention.

Objective

We introduce ADA (Anthropometry and Diagnostic Aware), a multimodal deep-learning framework that integrates IMU kinematics with anthropometric and diagnostic features to classify movement quality and predict movement related risk.

Methods

Seventeen-sensor IMU data were collected from 15 healthy subjects performing correct and incorrect squat and RDL trials. A CNN-LSTM branch processed kinematic sequences and a fully connected branch processed static anthropometric/diagnostic inputs; feature fusion used attention weighting.

Results

Incorporating anthropometry and diagnostic context increased sequence-level accuracy from 86.5% (kinematics only) to 94.8% (ADA) and enabled binary risk prediction at 97.8%. Personalized (transfer learning) fine tuning further improved accuracies (mean gains 3%-5% depending on window length).

Conclusion

ADA demonstrates that subject-specific static features improve movement quality classification and risk stratification, supporting wearable-based personalized feedback in training and rehabilitation.

SUBMITTER: Reyes Leiva KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12920488 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature