Today I read a paper titled “Quantification of Human Movement for Assessment in Automated Exercise Coaching”
The abstract is:
Quantification of human movement is a challenge in many areas, ranging from physical therapy to robotics.
We quantify of human movement for the purpose of providing automated exercise coaching in the home.
We developed a model-based assessment and inference process that combines biomechanical constraints with movement assessment based on the Microsoft Kinect camera.
To illustrate the approach, we quantify the performance of a simple squatting exercise using two model-based metrics that are related to strength and endurance, and provide an estimate of the strength and energy-expenditure of each exercise session.
We look at data for 5 subjects, and show that for some subjects the metrics indicate a trend consistent with improved exercise performance.