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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Data Science

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  • Wearable biosensors in smartphones offer potential for assessing neuro-motor control in various settings.
  • Current machine learning analyses are computationally expensive, subjective, and lack standardization.
  • There is a need for objective, automated methods to analyze sensor data for personalized mobile medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel statistical platform and standardized data types for analyzing wearable biosensor data.
  • To demonstrate the platform's ability to objectively assess neuro-motor control and distinguish activities.
  • To extend the platform's application to smart shoe data for probing nervous system function.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an open-access dataset from Kaggle.com with smartphone accelerometer and gyroscope data from 30 participants performing six activities.
  • Applied a new statistical platform with standardized data types for data analysis.
  • Extended the platform to analyze gait patterns from commercially available smart shoes.

Main Results:

  • Achieved full distinction of activities from the Kaggle dataset using a single parameter (linear acceleration or angular speed).
  • Demonstrated the platform's capability to characterize data from smart shoes.
  • Successfully probed nervous system functioning and motor control levels using gait patterns.

Conclusions:

  • The developed platform offers a fully objective and automated method for analyzing wearable biosensor data.
  • Standardized data types and analysis enable broad dissemination and reproducibility of neuro-motor control assessments.
  • This approach supports the advancement of personalized mobile medicine through accessible and reliable data analysis.