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Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Autonomic Neuroscience

Background:

  • Physical fatigue assessment is critical for preventing exercise-induced injuries.
  • Objective evaluation of physical fatigue is challenging due to its subjective nature.
  • Heart rate variability (HRV), influenced by the autonomic nervous system, shows potential for fatigue estimation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an automatic and objective method for classifying physical fatigue.
  • To identify key heart rate variability (HRV) features indicative of physical fatigue.
  • To validate machine learning models for fatigue classification using selected HRV features.

Main Methods:

  • Calculation of 24 heart rate variability (HRV) features from electrocardiograms (ECG).
  • Implementation of a feature selection technique to identify relevant and non-redundant HRV features.
  • Training and evaluation of four machine learning algorithms using the selected 11 HRV features.

Main Results:

  • A subset of 11 HRV features was selected after rigorous feature selection.
  • Machine learning models utilizing these 11 features achieved high accuracy in classifying physical fatigue.
  • The selected HRV features provide significant insights into identifying physical fatigue.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method enables accurate and objective classification of physical fatigue.
  • Selected HRV features are crucial for understanding and identifying physical fatigue.
  • This approach has implications for optimizing training and preventing overexertion in sports and daily activities.