Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility Study
As the importance of embodiment emerges for psychology, there is a need to advance methodology for measuring the dynamics of movement in an open-ended fashion. Such a tool should be versatile across contexts and track spontaneous and natural movement with minimal constraints. We test the feasibility...
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| description | As the importance of embodiment emerges for psychology, there is a need to advance methodology for measuring the dynamics of movement in an open-ended fashion. Such a tool should be versatile across contexts and track spontaneous and natural movement with minimal constraints. We test the feasibility of a method for measuring whole-body movement over time that attempts to meet this need. We use a motion capture system comprised of two Microsoft Kinect version 2.0 cameras and iPiSoft Motion Capture software, and compare its estimates of magnitude rotational velocity and whole-body movement complexity (multivariate multiscale sample entropy; MMSE) to that of a gold standard motion capture system across a variety of movement sequences. The candidate system satisfactorily estimated the instantaneous velocity of 13 body segments in agreement with the gold standard system across movement sequences demonstrating initial feasibility of this process. Summary calculations of velocity by sequence and MMSE calculations were also in high agreement with the gold standard, crucially suggesting that the candidate system could pick up on the complex dynamics of movement over time. The candidate system was feasible and demonstrates preliminary validity for general use in the tracking of continuous human movement for clinical and experimental psychology. We also provide R code and sample data for the importing and processing of movement data exported from iPiSoft Motion Capture Studio. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3ced29a309f4268832a45052e61a9f42022-12-21T22:08:29ZengUniversité d'OttawaTutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology1913-41262018-02-01141385410.20982/tqmp.14.1.p038Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility StudyFinn, Michael T. M.Smith, Connor L.Nash, Michael R.As the importance of embodiment emerges for psychology, there is a need to advance methodology for measuring the dynamics of movement in an open-ended fashion. Such a tool should be versatile across contexts and track spontaneous and natural movement with minimal constraints. We test the feasibility of a method for measuring whole-body movement over time that attempts to meet this need. We use a motion capture system comprised of two Microsoft Kinect version 2.0 cameras and iPiSoft Motion Capture software, and compare its estimates of magnitude rotational velocity and whole-body movement complexity (multivariate multiscale sample entropy; MMSE) to that of a gold standard motion capture system across a variety of movement sequences. The candidate system satisfactorily estimated the instantaneous velocity of 13 body segments in agreement with the gold standard system across movement sequences demonstrating initial feasibility of this process. Summary calculations of velocity by sequence and MMSE calculations were also in high agreement with the gold standard, crucially suggesting that the candidate system could pick up on the complex dynamics of movement over time. The candidate system was feasible and demonstrates preliminary validity for general use in the tracking of continuous human movement for clinical and experimental psychology. We also provide R code and sample data for the importing and processing of movement data exported from iPiSoft Motion Capture Studio.https://www.tqmp.org/RegularArticles/vol14-1/p038/p038.pdfmotion capturehuman movementcomplexitybehavior measurementiPi Motion Capture, R |
| spellingShingle | Finn, Michael T. M. Smith, Connor L. Nash, Michael R. Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility Study Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology motion capture human movement complexity behavior measurement iPi Motion Capture, R |
| title | Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility Study |
| title_full | Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility Study |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility Study |
| title_short | Open-Ended Measurement of Whole-Body Movement: A Feasibility Study |
| title_sort | open ended measurement of whole body movement a feasibility study |
| topic | motion capture human movement complexity behavior measurement iPi Motion Capture, R |
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