The wearable MAIJU smart jumpsuit developed collaboratively by the University of Helsinki and the New Children’s Hospital at Helsinki University Hospital enables objective and accurate assessment of children’s motor skills without the presence of researchers.
The wearable MAIJU smart jumpsuit developed collaboratively by the University of Helsinki and the New Children’s Hospital at Helsinki University Hospital enables objective and accurate assessment of children’s motor skills without the presence of researchers.
Monitoring early neurological development is a central part of paediatric healthcare everywhere in the world. During the first two years of life, the motor development of children is monitored closely, as motion is the natural base for their other development and interaction with the environment. Current methods, such as parents’ subjective assessment and observations made at medical appointments, do not allow accurate developmental monitoring throughout early childhood.
MAIJU (Motor Assessment of Infants with a Jumpsuit) is designed to solve these problems. The suit is based on multisensor measurement, which are used to make reliable and versatile measurements of children’s motion with the help of dedicated AI algorithms. The suit is worn at home, where the child’s activity is measured during free play. The AI algorithms assess whether the child has reached specific motor milestones, how much time the child spends in different postures and steadily the child develops from month to month.
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Image: A child in smart jumpsuit playing with a toy car (Credit: Sampsa Vanhatalo)
