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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Multimodal Fatigue Detection System Using sEMG and IMU Signals with a Hybrid CNN-LSTM-Attention Model.

Soree Hwang, Nayeon Kwon, Dongwon Lee, Jongman Kim, Sumin Yang, Inchan Youn, Hyuk-June Moon, Joon-Kyung Sung, Sungmin Han

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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9 authors.

Soree HwangBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0001-4618-1957
Nayeon KwonBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0911-4405
Dongwon LeeBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Jongman KimBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Sumin YangBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Inchan YounBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Hyuk-June MoonBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Joon-Kyung SungSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
Sungmin HanBionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2762-668X

Funding

Korea Institute of Science and Technology 2E33758Korea Institute of Science and Technology 2E33771Korean National Police Agency RS-2022-PT000188Ministry of Science and ICT 2024-TB-RD-0001-01-101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical fatigue significantly impacts safety and performance across industrial, athletic, and medical domains, yet its detection remains challenging due to individual variability and limited generalizability of existing methods. This study introduces a multimodal fatigue detection system integrating surface electromyography (sEMG) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) signals, processed through a hybrid convolutional neural network-long short-term memory-attention (CNN-LSTM-Attention) model. Fatigue was induced in 35 healthy participants via step-up-and-down exercises, with gait data collected during natural walking before and after fatigue. The model leverages sEMG from the gastrocnemius lateralis and IMU-derived jerk signals from the tibialis anterior and rectus femoris to classify fatigue states. Evaluated using leave-one-subject-out cross-validation (LOSOCV), the system achieved an accuracy of 87.94% with bilateral EMG signals and a balanced recall of 87.94% for fatigued states using a combined IMU-EMG approach. These results highlight the system's robustness for personalized fatigue monitoring, surpassing traditional subject-dependent methods by addressing inter-individual differences.

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ElectromyographyFatigueNeural Networks, ComputerAdultFemaleGaitHumansMaleMuscle FatigueMuscle, SkeletalSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedWalkingYoung AdultCNN-LSTM-attentiongait kinematicshybrid deep learninginertial measurement unit (IMU)physical fatigue detectionsurface electromyography (sEMG)

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PMID40968807
PMCPMC12157230

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