A Movement Description Language for Functional Training Exercise Analysis
The system was implemented using real-time pose estimation to demonstrate the practical execution of the MDL framework. The proposed MDL provides a transparent, extensible, and computationally efficient framework for functional exercise analysis. By bridging human-readable movement semantics with executable motion logic, it enables interpretable automatic repetition counting and phase detection, offering an alternative to black-box recognition approaches. The results support its potential for scalable deployment in training, monitoring and movement analysis applications. The proposed system is not intended for biomechanical measurement or clinical-grade kinematic analysis, but rather for interpretable modeling of exercise structure and repetition detection using approximate pose-derived signals.
Authors
- Daniel Canedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5184-3265)
- António J. R. Neves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5433-6667)
- Lúcia Sousa
- Pedro Santos
Institutions
- Centimfe (PT)
- University of Aveiro (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
- Published
- 2026-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk11020162
- Primary Topic
- Human Pose and Action Recognition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia