Eltanani, S.; olde Scheper, T.V.; Muñoz-Balbontin, M.; Aldea, A.; Cossington, J.; Lawrie, S.; Villalpando-Carrion, S.; Adame, M.J.; Felgueres, D.; Martin, C.; Dawes, H. A Novel Criticality Analysis Method for Assessing Obesity Treatment Efficacy. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 13225.
Eltanani, S.; olde Scheper, T.V.; Muñoz-Balbontin, M.; Aldea, A.; Cossington, J.; Lawrie, S.; Villalpando-Carrion, S.; Adame, M.J.; Felgueres, D.; Martin, C.; Dawes, H. A Novel Criticality Analysis Method for Assessing Obesity Treatment Efficacy. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 13225.
Eltanani, S.; olde Scheper, T.V.; Muñoz-Balbontin, M.; Aldea, A.; Cossington, J.; Lawrie, S.; Villalpando-Carrion, S.; Adame, M.J.; Felgueres, D.; Martin, C.; Dawes, H. A Novel Criticality Analysis Method for Assessing Obesity Treatment Efficacy. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 13225.
Eltanani, S.; olde Scheper, T.V.; Muñoz-Balbontin, M.; Aldea, A.; Cossington, J.; Lawrie, S.; Villalpando-Carrion, S.; Adame, M.J.; Felgueres, D.; Martin, C.; Dawes, H. A Novel Criticality Analysis Method for Assessing Obesity Treatment Efficacy. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 13225.
Abstract
The way in which a person walks, known as human gait, is a significant indicator of overall health and well-being. Abnormalities in gait can indicate the presence of metabolic disorders, such as diabetes or obesity. However, detecting these disorders can be challenging using traditional methods, which often involve subjective assessments or invasive procedures. In this study, a novel methodology known as Criticality Analysis (CA) was proposed for the detection and monitoring of human gait in people with metabolic disorders taking part in an intervention to increase activity and reduce weight. The CA approach utilised inertial measurement unit gait data, alongside clinical health measures. This allows for the control of nonlinear growth in the system, resulting in lower dimensional, nonlinear, free-scale, stable, controlled, and organised trajectories. These trajectories were then analysed using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm, which is well-suited for this task due to its ability to handle nonlinear and dynamic data. The combination of the CA approach and the SVM algorithm demonstrated high accuracy and non-invasiveness in detecting metabolic disorders, yielding an average accuracy within the range of 78.2% to 90%. Additionally, the classification technique accuracy, at a group level was observed to reduce during period of the intervention (e.g., from week 2 to week 3) alongside changes in fitness and health, which indicates the potential of using the approach to measure and monitor biological systems. As such, this novel methodology has the potential to be a valuable tool for healthcare professionals in detecting and monitoring metabolic disorders, as well as other unknown diseases associated with the human biological system.
Keywords
human gait; criticality analysis; support vector machine
Subject
Computer Science and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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