Comparative Analysis of CNN, RNN and LSTM for Synthetic Grip Strength Prediction

This study assesses the effectiveness of deep learning models, specifically Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), in assessing synthetic grip strength data for stress ball and pencil grips. The aim is to determine the optimal model for grip strength classification and tackle issues such as temporal data and class imbalance. Synthetic data was created, preprocessed, and utilized to train the models on Google Colab employing TensorFlow and Keras. Hyperparameters, such as CNN kernel dimensions and RNN/LSTM sequence lengths, were refined. Performance was evaluated by accuracy, precision, F1 scores, and loss metrics. The RNN model surpassed both CNN and LSTM, with an accuracy of 94.99% and a precision of 0.56, particularly excelling in the classification of “Normal” grip strength instances. CNN and LSTM had difficulties with time dependencies and class imbalance, leading to reduced accuracy and increased loss. Although RNN has proven to be the most effective approach, subsequent research should concentrate on mitigating class imbalance and investigating hybrid models to improve performance.