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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Physical Rehabilitation Exercises through RehabNet++ and Hybrid Optimization Techniques

Osamah A. Altammami 1 *

  • 1 College of Business Administration, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia - (o.altammami@mu.edu.sa)
  • Doi: https://doi.org/10.54216/FPA.170112

    Received: November 25, 2023 Revised: March 18, 2024 Accepted: July 15, 2024
    Abstract

    This article focuses on improving the accuracy and efficiency of multimodal human motion analysis using advanced techniques. Initially, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) were used for skeletal enhancement, and then Contrast-Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) was applied on the enhanced images to check the quality Joint-level. Limb-level, Temporal, Statistical Features are effectively recovered from contrast enhancing images. Furthermore, with the selected optimal features acquired from PutterFish Customized Serval Optimizer (PFCSO), the RehabNet++ architecture that makes the human movement assessment has been trained. This PFCSO model has been developed based on the inspiration acquired from the Pufferfish Optimization Algorithm (POA) and the Serval Optimization algorithm (SOA), respectively. The RehabNet++ architecture includes an optimized Multilayer Perceptron (O-MLP), STR-ResNet architecture, Attention-based Convolutional Neural Networks and Transfer Learning. The O-MLP model has been formulated by optimizing the hidden layers of MLP using the PFCSO model. In addition, Grad-CAM visualization is included to provide a graphical description for model selection. A comparative study has been conducted to test the proposed deep learning algorithm against the original methods using the Kimore dataset. This analysis is implemented in PYTHON and is dedicated to multimodal human motion analysis.

    Keywords :

    Physical Rehabilitation , Generative Adversarial Network , PFCSO , O-MLP , RehabNet++

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    A., Osamah. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Physical Rehabilitation Exercises through RehabNet++ and Hybrid Optimization Techniques. Fusion: Practice and Applications, vol. , no. , 2025, pp. 159-182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/FPA.170112
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    A., Osamah. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Physical Rehabilitation Exercises through RehabNet++ and Hybrid Optimization Techniques. Fusion: Practice and Applications , no. (2025): 159-182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/FPA.170112
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    A., O. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Physical Rehabilitation Exercises through RehabNet++ and Hybrid Optimization Techniques," Fusion: Practice and Applications, vol. , no. , pp. 159-182, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54216/FPA.170112