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Turning motion into medicine: How AI, motion capture and wearables can improve your health

  • Written by Azarang Asadi, Data Scientist, Oklahoma State University
imageThe use of motion data is expanding from fitness and rehabilitation to general health.Todor Tsvetkov/E+ via Getty Images

People often take walking for granted. We just move, one step after another, without ever thinking about what it takes to make that happen. Yet every single step is an extraordinary act of coordination, driven by precise timing...

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