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A novel wearable for infants provides reliable assessment of motor abilities during early development. The smart jumpsuit, called MAIJU (Motor Assessment of Infants with a Jumpsuit), is a wearable medical device equipped with multiple movement sensors, which assist in assessing and predicting children’s neurological development.

The development of the MAIJU wearable required a technical breakthrough in the development of machine learning algorithms for this purpose. This was achieved by combining a new kind of motility description with state-of-the-art deep learning solutions.

The research shows that it is very possible to assess the motor development of an infant outside of a hospital or special laboratory setting. A particular advantage of the MAIJU methodology is the fact that it allows clinicians to carry out developmental assessments in the natural environment of the child, such as a home or daycare.

The methods can be scaled for wide use and adapted for developing wearable solutions to help other patient groups, such as older children or elderly people.

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Age groups Children Consumer electronics Digital Health Electronic equipment Health Monitors and Activity Trackers Infants Medical Medical equipment and supplies Medical, health and wellness Mental processes Psychiatry and psychology Reliability Sensors and actuators Wearables

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