Communications Medicine (Jun 2022)

Intelligent wearable allows out-of-the-lab tracking of developing motor abilities in infants

  • Manu Airaksinen,
  • Anastasia Gallen,
  • Anna Kivi,
  • Pavithra Vijayakrishnan,
  • Taru Häyrinen,
  • Elina Ilén,
  • Okko Räsänen,
  • Leena M. Haataja,
  • Sampsa Vanhatalo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00131-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Airaksinen et al. describe an infant wearable system that accurately quantifies key aspects of infant motor ability and uses deep learning algorithms to analyze movement signals. Motor ability age and maturation can be predicted, with the predictions correlating with other clinical and parental assessments.