

Author: Eskofier Bjoern M. Kraus Martin Worobets Jay T. Stefanyshyn Darren J. Nigg Benno M.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN: 1025-5842
Source: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol.15, Iss.5, 2012-05, pp. : 467-474
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Abstract
The identification of differences between groups is often important in biomechanics. This paper presents group classification tasks using kinetic and kinematic data from a prospective running injury study. Groups composed of gender, of shod/barefoot running and of runners who developed patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) during the study, and asymptotic runners were classified.The features computed from the biomechanical data were deliberately chosen to be generic. Therefore, they were suited for different biomechanical measurements and classification tasks without adaptation to the input signals. Feature ranking was applied to reveal the relevance of each feature to the classification task.Data from 80 runners were analysed for gender and shod/barefoot classification, while 12 runners were investigated in the injury classification task. Gender groups could be differentiated with 84.7%, shod/barefoot running with 98.3%, and PFPS with 100% classification rate. For the latter group, one single variable could be identified that alone allowed discrimination.
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