Tampa, FL – A wearable system being developed at the University of South Florida could help athletes identify dangerous movements before they result in a serious knee injury.<\/p>\n
USF researchers are combining artificial intelligence, biomechanics and motion analysis to create a knee sleeve designed to detect movement patterns associated with anterior cruciate ligament tears.<\/p>\n
The ACL connects the thigh bone to the shin bone and helps stabilize the knee. <\/p>\n
Injuries often occur during sudden stops, changes in direction or awkward landings.<\/p>\n
Dr. Nathan Schilaty, an associate professor at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Department of Medical Engineering, said approximately 75% to 80% of ACL injuries occur without direct contact.<\/p>\n
Schilaty and John Templeton, an assistant professor in USF\u2019s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, are developing the technology using human motion research and computer modeling.<\/p>\n
Their machine learning system analyzes several biomechanical variables simultaneously to identify patterns linked to increased injury risk. <\/p>\n
Researchers reported 86% accuracy in distinguishing conditions before a rupture from those during an ACL tear.<\/p>\n
The system reached 90% accuracy when identifying conditions immediately preceding a rupture.<\/p>\n
The proposed sleeve would use sensors to track an athlete\u2019s movements and issue a warning, potentially through vibration, when it detects a high risk position.<\/p>\n
The alert could give the wearer time to adjust without constant supervision.<\/p>\n
Researchers said the technology cannot predict or prevent every ACL tear.<\/p>\n
Its purpose is to identify risky movement patterns and encourage correction.<\/p>\n
ACL surgery can cost between $20,000 and $40,000 and require one year of recovery.<\/p>\n
Excite Medical has licensed the technology as researchers pursue funding, testing and commercialization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa, FL – A wearable system being developed at the University of South Florida could help athletes identify…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92244,158211,2872,9390,158210,158212,158209,14740,12876,135,137,136,1537],"class_list":["post-397007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-acl-injury","tag-acl-injury-risk","tag-ai","tag-athletes","tag-knee-sleeve","tag-movements","tag-nathan-schilaty","tag-researchers","tag-risk","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-usf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}