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The efficacy of rehabilitation programs hinges on meticulous monitoring of both adherence to home exercise routines and the quality of performance. However, in a home environment, patients often tend to inaccurately report the number of exercises performed and overlook the correctness of their rehabilitation motions, lacking quantifiable and systematic standards, thus impeding the recovery process. To address these challenges, there is a crucial need for a lightweight, unbiased, cost-effective, and objective wearable motion capture (Mocap) system designed for monitoring and evaluating home-based rehabilitation\/fitness programs. This paper focuses on the development of such a system to gather exercise data into usable metrics. Five radio frequency (RF) inertial measurement unit (IMU) devices (RF-IMUs) were developed and strategically placed on calves, thighs, and abdomens. A two-layer long short-term memory (LSTM) model was used for fitness activity recognition (FAR) with an average accuracy of 97.4%. An intelligent smartphone algorithm was developed to track motion, recognize activity, and calculate key exercise variables in real time for squat, high knees, and lunge exercises. Additionally, a 3D avatar on the smartphone App allows users to observe and track their progress in real time or by replaying their exercise motions. A dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm was also integrated into the system for scoring the similarity in two motions. The system\u2019s adaptability shows promise for applications in medical rehabilitation and sports.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24061935","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,18]],"date-time":"2024-03-18T06:58:39Z","timestamp":1710745119000},"page":"1935","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Development of Wearable Devices for Collecting Digital Rehabilitation\/Fitness Data from Lower Limbs"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Yu-Jung","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, National United University, Miaoli 36003, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Chao-Shu","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Management, National United University, Miaoli 36003, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2821-2040","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu-Chi","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, National United University, Miaoli 36003, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Chin-Chuan","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National United University, Miaoli 36003, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3892-4044","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuan-Yang","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City 40705, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8409-3237","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hsian-Min","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Quantitative Imaging in Medicine (CQUIM), Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City 40705, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2022, November 25). 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