Prediction of Achilles Tendon Force During Common Motor Tasks From Markerless Video

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Xia, Zhengliang
Cornish, Bradley M
Devaprakash, Daniel
Barrett, Rod S
Lloyd, David G
Hams, Andrea H
Pizzolato, Claudio
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2024
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Remodeling of the Achilles tendon (AT) is partly driven by its mechanical environment. AT force can be estimated with neuromusculoskeletal (NMSK) modeling; however, the complex experimental setup required to perform the analyses confines use to the laboratory. We developed task-specific long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks that employ markerless video data to predict the AT force during walking, running, countermovement jump, single-leg landing, and single-leg heel rise. The task-specific LSTM models were trained on pose estimation keypoints and corresponding AT force data from 16 subjects, calculated via an established NMSK modeling pipeline, and cross-validated using a leave-one-subject-out approach. As proof-of-concept, new motion data of one participant was collected with two smartphones and used to predict AT forces. The task-specific LSTM models predicted the time-series AT force using synthesized pose estimation data with root mean square error (RMSE) ≤ 526 N, normalized RMSE (nRMSE) ≤ 0.21, R 2 ≥ 0.81. Walking task resulted the most accurate with RMSE = 189±62 N; nRMSE = 0.11±0.03, R 2 = 0.92±0.04. AT force predicted with smartphones video data was physiologically plausible, agreeing in timing and magnitude with established force profiles. This study demonstrated the feasibility of using low-cost solutions to deploy complex biomechanical analyses outside the laboratory.

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IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

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Biomedical engineering

Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics

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Xia, Z; Cornish, BM; Devaprakash, D; Barrett, RS; Lloyd, DG; Hams, AH; Pizzolato, C, Prediction of Achilles Tendon Force During Common Motor Tasks From Markerless Video, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2024

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