Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds

Running is a widely embraced form of aerobic exercise, offering various physical and mental benefits. However, improper running gaits (i.e., the way of foot landing) can pose safety risks and impact running efficiency. As many runners lack the knowledge or continuous attention to manage their foot s...

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Main Authors: HU, Changshuo, KANDAPPU, Thivya, STUCHBURY-WASS, Jake, LIU, Yang, TANG, Anthony, MASCOLO, Cecelia, MA, Dong
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-100432024-10-17T06:38:57Z Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds HU, Changshuo KANDAPPU, Thivya STUCHBURY-WASS, Jake LIU, Yang TANG, Anthony MASCOLO, Cecelia MA, Dong Running is a widely embraced form of aerobic exercise, offering various physical and mental benefits. However, improper running gaits (i.e., the way of foot landing) can pose safety risks and impact running efficiency. As many runners lack the knowledge or continuous attention to manage their foot strikes during running, in this work, we present a portable and non-invasive running gait monitoring system. Specifically, we leverage the in-ear microphone on wireless earbuds to capture the vibrations generated by foot strikes. Landing with different parts of the foot (e.g., forefoot and heel) generates distinct vibration patterns, and thus we utilize machine learning to classify these patterns for running gait detection. With data collected from 25 subjects, our system achieves an accuracy of 87.80% in identifying three gait types. We also demonstrate its robustness under a variety of scenarios and measure its system performance. 2024-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9040 info:doi/10.1145/3662009.3662023 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10043/viewcontent/3662009.3662023_pvoa_cc_by.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Software Engineering
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topic Software Engineering
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HU, Changshuo
KANDAPPU, Thivya
STUCHBURY-WASS, Jake
LIU, Yang
TANG, Anthony
MASCOLO, Cecelia
MA, Dong
Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
description Running is a widely embraced form of aerobic exercise, offering various physical and mental benefits. However, improper running gaits (i.e., the way of foot landing) can pose safety risks and impact running efficiency. As many runners lack the knowledge or continuous attention to manage their foot strikes during running, in this work, we present a portable and non-invasive running gait monitoring system. Specifically, we leverage the in-ear microphone on wireless earbuds to capture the vibrations generated by foot strikes. Landing with different parts of the foot (e.g., forefoot and heel) generates distinct vibration patterns, and thus we utilize machine learning to classify these patterns for running gait detection. With data collected from 25 subjects, our system achieves an accuracy of 87.80% in identifying three gait types. We also demonstrate its robustness under a variety of scenarios and measure its system performance.
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author HU, Changshuo
KANDAPPU, Thivya
STUCHBURY-WASS, Jake
LIU, Yang
TANG, Anthony
MASCOLO, Cecelia
MA, Dong
author_facet HU, Changshuo
KANDAPPU, Thivya
STUCHBURY-WASS, Jake
LIU, Yang
TANG, Anthony
MASCOLO, Cecelia
MA, Dong
author_sort HU, Changshuo
title Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
title_short Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
title_full Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
title_fullStr Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
title_full_unstemmed Detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
title_sort detecting foot strikes during running with earbuds
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2024
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9040
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10043/viewcontent/3662009.3662023_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
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