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AI model learns health from wrist movement, improving disease prediction

Researchers have developed a self-supervised foundation model called Sensori that can learn general health representations directly from 24-hour raw wrist movement data. Evaluated across four large population cohorts from the United Kingdom, China, and the United States, the model demonstrated its ability to condense daily movement into representations that captured various health and physical function aspects. When integrated with existing clinical data, Sensori significantly improved the classification of prevalent diseases and the prediction of incident disease risk, particularly for neurological and psychiatric conditions. AI

IMPACT This research demonstrates the potential for passive health monitoring and disease prediction using wearable sensor data, which could significantly impact preventative healthcare.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Yong Wang, Dylan McGagh, Katya Broomberg, Zizheng Zhang, Jonathan Carter, Junayed Naushad, Laura Brocklebank, Yang Sun, George Nicholson, Dianjianyi Sun, Canqing Yu, Jun Lv, Maxim Barnard, Hubert Lam, Andrew Steptoe, David W. Eyre, Liming Li, Zhengming C… ·

    Learning Human Health and Diseases from 24-hour Wrist Movement

    arXiv:2608.29494v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Much of human health and function unfolds beyond the clinic, through the movements of everyday life. Wrist-worn accelerometers capture these movements continuously, yet their rich signals are often reduced to a small set of predefin…