Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice ›› 2026, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (9): 1108-1116.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2026.09.013

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An explainable artificial intelligence-driven motor rehabilitation assessment system based on perception-cognition decoupling: design and validation

Guo Xuxia1, Yu Hengrui1, Lu Yucheng2, Yang Sichuang3, Long Yu3, Li Jiawei1, Chen Lin3(), Nong Feiyu4, Long Yaobin4   

  1. 1 School of Physical Education, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
    2 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
    3 School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
    4 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
  • Received:2026-03-17 Revised:2026-07-06 Accepted:2026-07-06 Published:2026-09-25 Online:2026-09-20
  • Contact: Chen Lin E-mail:gxdxcl@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Key R & D Program of China(2021YFE0203500);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52568021);Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (General)(2022GXNSFAA035511);Major Special Project of Guangxi Innovation-Driven Development(AA17204017);Guangxi Young and Middle-aged Teachers' Scientific Research Basic Ability Improvement Project(2022KY0011);National-level Project of Guangxi University College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(202510593057)

Abstract:

Objective To propose an X-Gait motor rehabilitation assessment system based on a perception-cognition decoupling architecture to jointly achieve high-accuracy gait recognition and clinical interpretability for low clinical credibility and opaque decision-making workflows in existing intelligent gait assessment models.

Methods In the perception layer, YOLOv11-Pose and PoseFormerV2 were integrated for 2D-to-3D human pose reconstruction. A long short-term memory network was adopted for temporal classification of normal, abnormal and pathological gaits. The layer-wise relevance propagation algorithm was used to identify discriminative joints and automatically quantify biomechanical indices including trunk forward inclination angle, stance phase percentage and stride symmetry. In the cognition layer, rehabilitation-oriented prompt engineering and prior knowledge graphs were combined to drive large language models, converting quantitative biomechanical measurements into clinically reasonable structured reports. Eight subjects were enrolled for bedside clinical validation to evaluate classification performance and clinical consistency.

Results The overall gait classification accuracy of X-Gait reached 94.1%. The 2D pose detection achieved 100% valid detection rate with an average confidence of 0.819. The mean per-joint position error of 3D pose reconstruction was 105.97 mm. In clinical validation of eight cases, outputs generated by explainable artificial intelligence combined with large language models showed high consistency with manual assessments from experienced rehabilitation physicians.

Conclusion The proposed X-Gait system based on perception-cognition decoupling realizes high-precision gait identification and clinically interpretable outputs.

Key words: gait analysis, explainable artificial intelligence, large language model, X-Gait system, 3D human pose estimation, sports rehabilitation

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