The application of artificial intelligence and custom algorithms with inertial wearable devices for gait analysis and detection of gait-altering pathologies in adults: A scoping review of literature
Open Access
- 27 January 2022
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Digital Health
Abstract
Background The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the current applications of objective gait analysis using inertial measurement units, custom algorithms and artificial intelligence algorithms in detecting neurological and musculoskeletal gait altering pathologies from healthy gait patterns. Methods Literature searches were conducted of four electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, Embase and Web of Science) to identify studies that assessed the accuracy of these custom gait analysis models with inputs derived from wearable devices. Data was collected according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis statement guidelines. Results A total of 23 eligible studies were identified for inclusion in the present review, including 10 custom algorithms articles and 13 artificial intelligence algorithms articles. Nine studies evaluated patients with Parkinson's disease of varying severity and subtypes. Support vector machine was the commonest adopted artificial intelligence algorithm model, followed by random forest and neural networks. Overall classification accuracy was promising for articles that use artificial intelligence algorithms, with nine articles achieving more than 90% accuracy. Conclusions Current applications of artificial intelligence algorithms are reasonably effective discrimination between pathological and non-pathological gait. Of these, machine learning algorithms demonstrate the additional capacity to handle complicated data input, when compared to other custom algorithms. Notably, there has been increasing application of machine learning algorithms for conducting gait analysis. More studies are needed with unsupervised methods and in non-clinical settings to better reflect the community and home-based usage.This publication has 49 references indexed in Scilit:
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