Predicting 3D ground reaction force from 2D video via neural networks in sidestepping tasks

Corey Gene Morris, Marion Mundt, Molly Goldacre, Jason Weber, Ajmal Mian, Jacqueline Alderson

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Abstract

Sports science practitioners often measure ground reaction forces (GRFs) to assess performance, rehabilitation and injury risk. However, recording of GRFs during dynamic tasks has historically been limited to lab settings. This work aims to use neural networks (NN) to predict three-dimensional (3D) GRF via pose estimation keypoints as inputs, determined from 2D video data. Two different NN were trained on a dataset containing 1474 samples from 14 participants and their prediction accuracy compared with ground truth force data. Results for both NN showed correlation coefficients ranging from 0.936 to 0.954 and normalised root mean square errors from 11.05% to 13.11% for anterior- posterior and vertical GRFs, with poorer results found in the medio-lateral direction. This study demonstrates the feasibility and utility of predicting GRFs from 2D video footage.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISBS Proceedings Archive
Pages300-303
Volume39
Publication statusPublished - 6 Sept 2021
Event39th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport - Virtual, Canberra, Australia
Duration: 3 Sept 20216 Sept 2021

Conference

Conference39th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityCanberra
Period3/09/216/09/21

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