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This study leverages advancements in wearable technology to explore the adaptation of models based on in-shoe motion sensors (IMS), initially trained on young adults, for evaluating knee function in older populations, both healthy and with OA. Data were collected from 44 older OA patients, presenting various levels of severity, and 20 healthy older adults, with a focus on key knee indicators: knee angle measures (S1 to S3), temporal gait parameters (S4 and S5), and knee angular jerk cost metrics (S6 to S8). The models effectively identified trends and differences across these indicators between the healthy group and the OA group. Notably, in indicators S1, S2, S3, S7, and S8, the models exhibited a large effect size in correlation with true values. These findings suggest that gait models derived from younger, healthy individuals are possible to be robustly adapted for non-invasive, everyday monitoring of knee health in older adults, offering valuable insights for the early detection and management of knee impairments. However, limitations such as fixed biases due to differences in measurement systems and sensor placement inaccuracies were identified. Future research will aim to enhance model precision by addressing these limitations through domain adaptation techniques and improved sensor calibration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s25072167","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,31]],"date-time":"2025-03-31T02:50:16Z","timestamp":1743389416000},"page":"2167","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Adapting Young Adults\u2019 In-Shoe Motion Sensor Gait Models for Knee Evaluation in Older Adults: A Study on Osteoarthritis and Healthy Knees"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5516-1982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chenhui","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biometrics Research Labs, NEC Corporation, Hinode 1131, Abiko 270-1198, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9286-2676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kenichiro","family":"Fukushi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biometrics Research Labs, NEC Corporation, Hinode 1131, Abiko 270-1198, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0434-0905","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haruki","family":"Yaguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Miyagi, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sendai Red Cross Hospital, 2-43-3 Honcho, Yagiyama, Sendai 982-8501, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5881-3619","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Keita","family":"Honda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9404-8659","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yusuke","family":"Sekiguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhenwei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biometrics Research Labs, NEC Corporation, Hinode 1131, Abiko 270-1198, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshitaka","family":"Nozaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biometrics Research Labs, NEC Corporation, Hinode 1131, Abiko 270-1198, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4803-7182","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kentaro","family":"Nakahara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biometrics Research Labs, NEC Corporation, Hinode 1131, Abiko 270-1198, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3574-649X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Satoru","family":"Ebihara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Miyagi, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9035-2808","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shin-Ichi","family":"Izumi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tsurumaki-Onsen Hospital, 1-16-1, Tsurumaki-kita, Hatano 257-0001, Kanagawa, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"121","DOI":"10.1002\/pri.280","article-title":"Impact of an exercise and walking protocol on quality of life for elderly people with OA of the knee","volume":"8","author":"Ramos","year":"2003","journal-title":"Physiother. 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