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Self-supervised learning of wrist-worn daily living accelerometer data improves the automated detection of gait in older adults

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Brand, Yonatan E., Kluge, Felix, Palmerini, Luca, Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara, Becker, Clemens, Cereatti, Andrea, Maetzler, Walter, Sharrack, Basil +8 more·2024·Scientific Reports

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Abstract

Progressive gait impairment is common among aging adults. Remote phenotyping of gait during daily living has the potential to quantify gait alterations and evaluate the effects of interventions that may prevent disability in the aging population. Here, we developed ElderNet, a self-supervised learning model for gait detection from wrist-worn accelerometer data. Validation involved two diverse cohorts, including over 1000 participants without gait labels, as well as 83 participants with labeled data: older adults with Parkinson's disease, proximal femoral fracture, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and healthy adults. ElderNet presented high accuracy (96.43 ± 2.27), specificity (98.87 ± 2.15), recall (82.32 ± 11.37), precision (86.69 ± 17.61), and F1 score (82.92 ± 13.39). The suggested method yielded superior performance compared to two state-of-the-art gait detection algorithms, with improved accuracy and F1 score (p < 0.05). In an initial evaluation of construct validity, ElderNet identified differences in estimated daily walking durations across cohorts with different clinical characteristics, such as mobility disability (p < 0.001) and parkinsonism (p < 0.001). The proposed self-supervised method has the potential to serve as a valuable tool for remote phenotyping of gait function during daily living in aging adults, even among those with gait impairments.

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Brand, Y. E., Kluge, F., Palmerini, L., Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Becker, C., Cereatti, A., Maetzler, W., Sharrack, B., Vereijken, B., Yarnall, A. J., Rochester, L., Del Din, S., Muller, A., Buchman, A. S., Hausdorff, J. M., & Perlman, O.
Affiliations
  • Tel Aviv University (IL)
  • Novartis (Switzerland) (CH)
  • University of Bologna (IT)
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
  • Politecnico di Torino (IT)
  • University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Perlman, Or
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2024-09-06
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
20854-20854
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4402307918
Cited by
19
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 13
FWCI
2.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PORTO@Iris (submittedVersion, cc-by)
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  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • MACAU: Open Access Repository of Kiel University (University Library Kiel) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (R01AG017917, R01AG056352, R01AG79133, R01AT012228)
  • Innovative Medicines Initiative (820820)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Gait Recognition and Analysis
Keywords
gait detection, self-supervised learning, wrist-worn accelerometers, older adults, gait disturbance, Parkinson's disease, activities of daily living, walking time, mobility impairment

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