Detecting Invisible SOS from Legs and Hips Just by Walking Through Your Usual Station. AcceleBody Connects 'Daily Life Lines' with the 'Medical Frontline' to Create a Social Infrastructure for Lifelong Independent Mobility.

We, AcceleBody Co., Ltd., endorse April Dream, a project that aims to make April 1st a day for announcing dreams. This press release is the dream of AcceleBody Co., Ltd.

Background of the Dream: Eliminating Regret in the Medical Field of "If Only They Had Come Sooner"

Japan is facing a super-aging society, and leg and hip problems (fractures, falls, joint diseases, etc.) are among the top causes for requiring long-term care. It is said that approximately 80% of people with leg and hip pain remain "undiagnosed" by medical institutions. The current situation is that many individuals endure pain without realizing the objective risks, neglecting their condition until it becomes severe.

Consequently, orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists regularly face patients who visit only after their pain makes walking difficult, often harboring the regret, "If only they had come sooner, it wouldn't have become this severe."

What if, without the need to specially visit a hospital, simply "walking through your usual station passage or shopping mall every day" could automatically detect the "invisible strain" on your legs and hips, connecting you to local specialists before it's too late? We, AcceleBody, are taking on the dream of combining cutting-edge biomechanics and AI to transform people's "daily life lines" into places for leg and hip health check-ups, seamlessly connecting them to the medical frontline.

Current Initiatives: Advanced Biomechanical Analysis Technology as a "New Weapon" for Professionals

Accurately measuring "ground reaction force" during walking and "invisible loads on joints" previously required large, specialized equipment. AcceleBody has established its unique core technology (patent pending) that combines AI (image recognition) and robot control-derived dynamics estimation technology to rapidly and accurately estimate advanced mechanical information using only camera footage. Currently, we are already advancing solutions to challenges in medical settings and daily life based on this technology.

- **Launch of General Medical Device "Gait Analyzer" and Collaborative Research with Experts:** We have released a single-camera gait analysis system as a general medical device that requires no markers or prior calibration. It analyzes invisible "mechanical information" such as joint angles, ground reaction force, and joint moments during walking in approximately one minute. Currently, utilizing this product, we are collaborating with specialists like physical therapists to research and establish "how to evaluate and implement optimal treatment interventions" in clinical settings based on the acquired data.

- **Demonstration of Implementation in Daily Life Lines:** In collaboration with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings and others, we conducted a demonstration experiment for "leg and hip health check-ups" to visualize leg and hip risks outside of hospitals. We have already begun validating the promotion of preventive actions among the undiagnosed population by bringing advanced analysis technology outside the hospital environment.