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  • Rehabilitation medicine
  • Machine learning
  • Human-computer interaction

Background:

  • Hand and joint mobility recovery often incorporates specific exercises and gestures.
  • Gestures play a significant role in the rehabilitation process for hand mobility.
  • Classifying these gestures is crucial for effective monitoring and feedback.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate and select the optimal neural network model for classifying Leap Motion hand gestures.
  • To compare the performance of Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and K-neighbors Classifier (KNN) for gesture recognition in a rehabilitation context.

Main Methods:

  • The study utilized Leap Motion sensor data to capture hand gestures.
  • Two distinct neural network models, Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and K-neighbors Classifier (KNN), were employed.
  • The models were trained and tested on data representing hand opening/closing and palm rotation gestures.

Main Results:

  • The K-neighbors Classifier (KNN) demonstrated a high classification accuracy of 0.98.
  • Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) achieved a classification accuracy of 0.91.
  • KNN outperformed LDA in classifying the selected hand gestures.

Conclusions:

  • The K-neighbors Classifier (KNN) is a more effective model for classifying hand gestures used in mobility recovery compared to LDA.
  • Accurate gesture classification using machine learning can enhance the efficacy of hand mobility rehabilitation programs.