Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder

Motion disorders affect a significant portion of the global population. While some symptoms can be managed with medications, these treatments often impact all muscles uniformly, not just the affected ones, leading to potential side effects including involuntary movements, confusion, and decreased sh...

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Main Authors: Sina Saadati, Abdolah Sepahvand, Mohammadreza Razzazi
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025004992
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description Motion disorders affect a significant portion of the global population. While some symptoms can be managed with medications, these treatments often impact all muscles uniformly, not just the affected ones, leading to potential side effects including involuntary movements, confusion, and decreased short-term memory. Currently, there is no dedicated application for differentiating healthy muscles from abnormal ones. Existing analysis applications, designed for other purposes, often lack essential software engineering features such as a user-friendly interface, infrastructure independence, usability and learning ability, cloud computing capabilities, and AI-based assistance. This research proposes a computer-based methodology to analyze human motion and differentiate between healthy and unhealthy muscles. First, an IoT-based approach is proposed to digitize human motion using smartphones instead of hardly accessible wearable sensors and markers. The motion data is then simulated to analyze the neuromusculoskeletal system. An agent-driven modeling method ensures the naturalness, accuracy, and interpretability of the simulation, incorporating neuromuscular details such as Henneman's size principle, action potentials, motor units, and biomechanical principles. The results are then provided to medical and clinical experts to aid in differentiating between healthy and unhealthy muscles and for further investigation. Additionally, a deep learning-based ensemble framework is proposed to assist in the analysis of the simulation results, offering both accuracy and interpretability. A user-friendly graphical interface enhances the application's usability. Being fully cloud-based, the application is infrastructure-independent and can be accessed on smartphones, PCs, and other devices without installation. This strategy not only addresses the current challenges in treating motion disorders but also paves the way for other clinical simulations by considering both scientific and computational requirements.
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spelling doaj-art-4fdf6804d7fb49baa638d4b554f7e0962025-02-02T05:29:00ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01112e42119Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorderSina Saadati0Abdolah Sepahvand1Mohammadreza Razzazi2Corresponding author.; Department of Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, IranDepartment of Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, IranDepartment of Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, IranMotion disorders affect a significant portion of the global population. While some symptoms can be managed with medications, these treatments often impact all muscles uniformly, not just the affected ones, leading to potential side effects including involuntary movements, confusion, and decreased short-term memory. Currently, there is no dedicated application for differentiating healthy muscles from abnormal ones. Existing analysis applications, designed for other purposes, often lack essential software engineering features such as a user-friendly interface, infrastructure independence, usability and learning ability, cloud computing capabilities, and AI-based assistance. This research proposes a computer-based methodology to analyze human motion and differentiate between healthy and unhealthy muscles. First, an IoT-based approach is proposed to digitize human motion using smartphones instead of hardly accessible wearable sensors and markers. The motion data is then simulated to analyze the neuromusculoskeletal system. An agent-driven modeling method ensures the naturalness, accuracy, and interpretability of the simulation, incorporating neuromuscular details such as Henneman's size principle, action potentials, motor units, and biomechanical principles. The results are then provided to medical and clinical experts to aid in differentiating between healthy and unhealthy muscles and for further investigation. Additionally, a deep learning-based ensemble framework is proposed to assist in the analysis of the simulation results, offering both accuracy and interpretability. A user-friendly graphical interface enhances the application's usability. Being fully cloud-based, the application is infrastructure-independent and can be accessed on smartphones, PCs, and other devices without installation. This strategy not only addresses the current challenges in treating motion disorders but also paves the way for other clinical simulations by considering both scientific and computational requirements.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025004992Agent-based modeling and simulationCloud and IoT based simulationHuman gaitAgent-driven simulationMuscles disorder
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Abdolah Sepahvand
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Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
Heliyon
Agent-based modeling and simulation
Cloud and IoT based simulation
Human gait
Agent-driven simulation
Muscles disorder
title Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
title_full Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
title_fullStr Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
title_full_unstemmed Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
title_short Cloud and IoT based smart agent-driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
title_sort cloud and iot based smart agent driven simulation of human gait for detecting muscles disorder
topic Agent-based modeling and simulation
Cloud and IoT based simulation
Human gait
Agent-driven simulation
Muscles disorder
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025004992
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