Using artificial intelligence for exercise prescription in personalised health promotion: A critical evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-4 model

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare provides new possibilities for personalized health management. AI-based fitness applications are becoming more common, facilitating the opportunity for individualised exercise prescription. However, the use of AI carries the risk of inadequate expert supervision, and the efficacy and validity of such applications have not been thoroughly investigated, particularly in the context of diverse health conditions. The aim of the study was to critically assess the efficacy of exercise prescriptions generated by OpenAI’s Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) model for five example patient profiles with diverse health conditions and fitness goals. Our focus was to assess the model’s ability to generate exercise prescriptions based on a singular, initial interaction, akin to a typical user experience. The evaluation was conducted by leading experts in the field of exercise prescription. Five distinct scenarios were formulated, each representing a hypothetical individual with a specific health condition and fitness objective. Upon receiving details of each individual, the GPT-4 model was tasked with generating a 30-day exercise program. These AI-derived exercise programs were subsequently subjected to a thorough evaluation by experts in exercise prescription. The evaluation encompassed adherence to established principles of frequency, intensity, time, and exercise type; integration of perceived exertion levels; consideration for medication intake and the respective medical condition; and the extent of program individualization tailored to each hypothetical profile. The AI model could create general safety-conscious exercise programs for various scenarios. However, the AI-generated exercise prescriptions lacked precision in addressing individual health conditions and goals, often prioritizing excessive safety over the effectiveness of training. The AI-based approach aimed to ensure patient improvement through gradual increases in training load and intensity, but the model’s potential to fine-tune its recommendations through ongoing interaction was not fully satisfying. AI technologies, in their current state, can serve as supplemental tools in exercise prescription, particularly in enhancing accessibility for individuals unable to access, often costly, professional advice. However, AI technologies are not yet recommended as a substitute for personalized, progressive, and health condition specific prescriptions provided by healthcare and fitness professionals. Further research is needed to explore more interactive use of AI models and integration of real-time physiological feedback

Training during the COVID-19 lockdown : knowledge, beliefs, and practices of 12,526 athletes from 142 countries and six continents

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to explore the training-related knowledge, beliefs, and practices of athletes and the influence of lockdowns in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). METHODS Athletes (n = 12,526, comprising 13% world class, 21% international, 36% national, 24% state, and 6% recreational) completed an online survey that was available from 17 May to 5 July 2020 and explored their training behaviors (training knowledge, beliefs/attitudes, and practices), including specific questions on their training intensity, frequency, and session duration before and during lockdown (March–June 2020). RESULTS Overall, 85% of athletes wanted to “maintain training,” and 79% disagreed with the statement that it is “okay to not train during lockdown,” with a greater prevalence for both in higher-level athletes. In total, 60% of athletes considered “coaching by correspondence (remote coaching)” to be sufficient (highest amongst world-class athletes). During lockdown, < 40% were able to maintain sport-specific training (e.g., long endurance [39%], interval training [35%], weightlifting [33%], most (83%) training for “general fitness and health maintenance” during lockdown. Athletes trained alone (80%) and focused on bodyweight (65%) and cardiovascular (59%) exercise/training during lockdown. Compared with before lockdown, most athletes reported reduced training frequency (from between five and seven sessions per week to four or fewer), shorter training sessions (from ≥ 60 to < 60 min), and lower sport-specific intensity (~ 38% reduction), irrespective of athlete classification. CONCLUSIONS COVID-19-related lockdowns saw marked reductions in athletic training specificity, intensity, frequency, and duration, with notable within-sample differences (by athlete classification). Higher classification athletes had the strongest desire to “maintain” training and the greatest opposition to “not training” during lockdowns. These higher classification athletes retained training specificity to a greater degree than others, probably because of preferential access to limited training resources. More higher classification athletes considered “coaching by correspondence” as sufficient than did lower classification athletes. These lockdown-mediated changes in training were not conducive to maintenance or progression of athletes’ physical capacities and were also likely detrimental to athletes’ mental health. These data can be used by policy makers, athletes, and their multidisciplinary teams to modulate their practice, with a degree of individualization, in the current and continued pandemic-related scenario. Furthermore, the data may drive training-related educational resources for athletes and their multidisciplinary teams. Such upskilling would provide athletes with evidence to inform their training modifications in response to germane situations (e.g., COVID related, injury, and illness).A specific funding was provided by the National Sports Institute of Malaysia for this study.The National Sports Institute of Malaysia.https://www.springer.com/journal/40279am2023Sports Medicin

COVID-19 lockdown : a global study investigating athletes’ sport classification and sex on training practices

PURPOSE : To investigate differences in athletes’ knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification and sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation focusing on athlete classification. METHODS : Athletes (12,526; 66% male; 142 countries) completed an online survey (May–July 2020) assessing knowledge, beliefs, and practices toward training. Sports were classified as team sports (45%), endurance (20%), power/technical (10%), combat (9%), aquatic (6%), recreational (4%), racquet (3%), precision (2%), parasports (1%), and others (1%). Further analysis by sex was performed. RESULTS : During lockdown, athletes practiced body-weight-based exercises routinely (67% females and 64% males), ranging from 50% (precision) to 78% (parasports). More sport-specific technical skills were performed in combat, parasports, and precision (∼50%) than other sports (∼35%). Most athletes (range: 50% [parasports] to 75% [endurance]) performed cardiorespiratory training (trivial sex differences). Compared to prelockdown, perceived training intensity was reduced by 29% to 41%, depending on sport (largest decline: ∼38% in team sports, unaffected by sex). Some athletes (range: 7%–49%) maintained their training intensity for strength, endurance, speed, plyometric, change-of-direction, and technical training. Athletes who previously trained ≥5 sessions per week reduced their volume (range: 18%–28%) during lockdown. The proportion of athletes (81%) training ≥60 min/session reduced by 31% to 43% during lockdown. Males and females had comparable moderate levels of training knowledge (56% vs 58%) and beliefs/attitudes (54% vs 56%). CONCLUSIONS : Changes in athletes’ training practices were sport-specific, with few or no sex differences. Team-based sports were generally more susceptible to changes than individual sports. Policy makers should provide athletes with specific training arrangements and educational resources to facilitate remote and/or home-based training during lockdown-type events.https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/ijspp-overview.xmlhj2023Sports Medicin

Fault tolerant control strategy of a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor drive

This paper deals with fault tolerant control strategy of a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive. The fault tolerant control enables the machine to operate without additional hardware during post fault condition. The solution is to keep an unchanged MMF under open circuit fault by controlling currents in healthy phases. 2015 IEEE.Scopu

Non-linear backstepping control of five-phase IM drive at low speed conditions-experimental implementation

In this paper non-linear backstepping control (BSC) is employed for high performance five-phase induction motor drive for low speed operation. The traditional control approaches such as direct torque control and indirect rotor field oriented control introduces stability problem at low speed. The proposed BSC is shown to offer stable operation in the sense of Lyapunov and high dynamics at low speed. Experimental results are provided to present the proprieties of the proposed approach at low speed in terms of stability, torque ripple, desired control performance, achievable dynamics and complexity of implementation etc.Scopu

Sensorless indirect rotor flux oriented control of a five-phase induction motor based on sliding mode observer

In this paper, a new sliding mode observer is developed for the indirect rotor flux oriented control (IRFOC) of a Five-phase Induction motor drive. Numerous observer structures for Five-phase induction motor drive is presented in the literature with acceptable performances. However, the objective of this work is to develop and test another family of observers based on the sliding mode approach. This structure is considered as a high gain observer which gives firstly good dynamic performance and secondly high robustness. The shortcoming of the sliding mode observer (SMO) is the chattering phenomena. It seems that the chattering problem can be reduced by replacing the signum function by saturation function in the observer structure. To grantee the closed-loop stability of the proposed observer control, stability analysis based on the Lyapunov theory is presented. Simulations results demonstrate and justify the validity of the proposed structure observer. 2015 IEEE.Scopu

Comparative study between the rotor flux oriented control and non-linear backstepping control of a five-phase induction motor drive - an experimental validation

Multiphase variable speed electric drives are employed in applications where the reduction in the total power per phase and the highest level of overall system reliability is required. Most of the literature on five-phase induction motor (IM) drive deals with field oriented control, direct torque control, and other non-linear control such as backstepping method. This study deals with the theoretical concept and experimental implementation of indirect rotor flux oriented control (IRFOC) and backstepping control (BSC) of a five-phase IM drive. A comprehensive comparison is done between the most popular IRFOC and non-linear BSC. Backstepping control offers high performance in both steady state and transient operations even in the presence of parameters variations. However, this strategy (BSC) allows the synthesis of the speed and the flux control for a five-phase IM, nevertheless this strategy is asymptotically stable in the context of Lyapunov. The comparison is done using experimental approach. The two control approaches are compared in different terms such as their stability proprieties, achievable dynamic performances, online computational effort, the possibilities of controller design and the complexity of their implementation.Scopu

New Sensorless Sliding Mode Control of a Five-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive Based on Sliding Mode Observer

This paper proposes a sensorless sliding mode control (SMC) for a five phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) based on a sliding mode observer (SMO). The stability of the proposed strategy is proved in the sense of the Lyapunov theory. The sliding mode controller is designed with an integral switching surface and the sliding mode observer is developed for the estimation of rotor position and rotor speed. The proposed sensorless control strategy exhibits good dynamic response to disturbances. Simulation results are provided to prove the effectiveness of the proposed strategy

An improved sensorless sliding mode control/adaptive observer of a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor drive

This paper presents a new sliding mode observer (SMO) for sensorless sliding mode control (SMC) of five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with online stator resistance estimation. The proposed approach is shown to guarantee stability in the sense of Lyapunov context. The sliding mode controller considers the nonlinearities of the system. The sliding mode control strategy is developed using an integral switching surface. A sliding mode observer is proposed for the rotor speed and stator resistance estimation under assumptions that only the stator currents and voltages are available for measurement. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy has been successfully verified through simulation results. 1 2017, Springer-Verlag London.Scopu