ENDOCRINOLOGY · REAL-WORLD COHORT
A gait foundation model for prediction of multisystem health phenotypes from 3D skeletal motion
These findings establish gait as an independent, multisystem biosignal, motivating integration of gait analysis into routine clinical assessment as a scalable, passive vital sign. Relative to a baseline model using age, body mass index, visceral adipose tissue and height alone, gait embeddings improved prediction in all 18 systems in males and 17 of 18 in females, as well as prediction of clinical diagnoses and medication use.
3/5 Observational
Evidence Meter · 3/5
Real-World Observation
Finds meaningful patterns in human health records or cohorts, though observational data cannot prove direct cause.
1 min readNature Medicine