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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

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Portable Biomechanics Laboratory: Clinically Accessible Movement Analysis from a Handheld Smartphone

Jul 10, 2025

Clinical practice lacks accessible, objective tools for motor function assessment, hindering the adoption of biomechanical metrics in rehabilitation and neurology. To address this, we propose a portable, smartphone-based monocular video analysis framework: secure video acquisition via mobile devices is coupled with cloud-based computation, high-precision monocular pose estimation, subject-specific biomechanical modeling, and optimization algorithms—enabling clinical-grade full-body kinematic measurement (joint angle error <3°). Our method significantly outperforms patient-reported outcomes (e.g., mJOA), demonstrating high sensitivity and responsiveness to surgical intervention. It reliably quantifies gait parameters and sensitively detects pre- to postoperative functional changes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. This work represents the first smartphone-video-driven, clinically validated objective assessment of motor function, establishing a standardized pathway for integrating mobile health technologies into evidence-based rehabilitation medicine.

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Portable Biomechanics Laboratory: Clinically Accessible Movement Analysis from a Handheld Smartphone

Jul 10, 2025

Clinical practice lacks accessible, objective tools for motor function assessment, hindering the adoption of biomechanical metrics in rehabilitation and neurology. To address this, we propose a portable, smartphone-based monocular video analysis framework: secure video acquisition via mobile devices is coupled with cloud-based computation, high-precision monocular pose estimation, subject-specific biomechanical modeling, and optimization algorithms—enabling clinical-grade full-body kinematic measurement (joint angle error <3°). Our method significantly outperforms patient-reported outcomes (e.g., mJOA), demonstrating high sensitivity and responsiveness to surgical intervention. It reliably quantifies gait parameters and sensitively detects pre- to postoperative functional changes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. This work represents the first smartphone-video-driven, clinically validated objective assessment of motor function, establishing a standardized pathway for integrating mobile health technologies into evidence-based rehabilitation medicine.

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