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Exercise Exertion Level Prediction Using Data from Wearable Physiologic Monitors.

Aref Smiley1, Te-Yi Tsai1, Aileen Gabriel1

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Machine learning models can predict exercise exertion using wearable sensor data. The k-nearest neighbors algorithm achieved 85.7% accuracy in identifying high versus low exertion levels during cycling.

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Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Wearable devices collect physiological data during exercise.
  • Accurate real-time assessment of perceived exertion is challenging.
  • Machine learning offers potential for automated exertion monitoring.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate machine learning algorithms for predicting exercise exertion levels.
  • To utilize physiological parameters from wearable sensors for exertion prediction.
  • To compare the performance of various machine learning classifiers.

Main Methods:

  • Collected real-time ECG, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and RPM during cycling.
  • Derived heart rate variability features from ECG data.
  • Labeled 2-minute exercise windows as high or low exertion based on RPE.
  • Used Minimum Redundancy Maximum Relevance for feature selection.
  • Trained and tested ten ML classifiers, including KNN and ensemble models.

Main Results:

  • The k-nearest neighbors (KNN) model achieved the highest accuracy (85.7%) and F1 score (83%).
  • An ensemble model demonstrated the highest area under the curve (AUC) of 0.92.
  • Selected features effectively predicted exertion levels across different ML models.

Conclusions:

  • Machine learning models can accurately predict perceived exercise exertion in real-time.
  • Wearable sensor data combined with ML provides a viable method for automated exertion tracking.
  • The developed approach has potential applications in fitness monitoring and training.