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The evaluation process requires the supervision of clinicians; therefore, the results may be subjective and increase clinicians' workload.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To compensate for these drawbacks, this study proposes a task-specific machine learning system that incorporates wearable sensors to automatically monitor bradykinesia. Initially, this study enhanced the peak detection algorithm by considering specific motion characteristics, such as movement amplitude, to make it more adaptable to individualized signals. Furthermore, a task-specific score prediction system was proposed, incorporating the optimal sensor placement positions and appropriate score prediction algorithms. Specifically, seven machine learning models and four ensemble methods were explored for each of the five MDS-UPDRS III tasks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The system was tested in 21 patients and eight control individuals. The performance of the system was evaluated under three scenarios: precise prediction (0 vs. 1 vs. 2 vs. 3), abnormal\/normal [0 vs. (1, 2, 3)], and normal-moderate\/severe [(0,1,2) vs. 3], with the highest average F1 score reaching 0.8722 and the lowest total root mean square error at 0.3214 among tasks in critical status prediction. Furthermore, this study, through statistical analysis, suggested specific scoring features tailored to each task.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrated the feasibility of accurately and automatically monitoring bradykinesia of PD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2026.1774097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,10]],"date-time":"2026-04-10T06:20:12Z","timestamp":1775802012000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Task-specific machine learning system for automatic assessment of multi-limb bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Yiyuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiangqiang","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huijuan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Changzheng Hospital, The Naval Medical University of Chinese PLA","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center","place":["Shanghai, China"]},{"name":"Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sydney","place":["Sydney, NSW, Australia"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"650","DOI":"10.1016\/j.parkreldis.2015.02.026","article-title":"Detecting and monitoring the symptoms of Parkinson's disease using smartphones: a pilot study","volume":"21","author":"Arora","year":"2015","journal-title":"Parkinsonism Relat. 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