Validation of a Speech Database for Assessing College Students’ Physical Competence under the Concept of Physical Literacy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Physical Literacy
1.2. Speech While Exercising
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Measurements
2.4. Reading Materials
3. Data Analysis
3.1. Speech Features
3.2. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Classification of Different Physical States
5.2. Applications of the Speech Database
6. Limitations
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean ± SD | |
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Age (year) | 18.97 ± 0.91 |
Weight (kg) | 66.54 ± 10.67 |
Height (cm) | 173.55 ± 7.25 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.00 ± 2.52 |
Vigorous PA time (min/day) | 113.71 ± 49.26 |
Moderate PA time (min/day) | 65.32 ± 52.33 |
Walking time (min/day) | 63.87 ± 43.10 |
Sedentary time (min/day) | 326.13 ± 133.88 |
eGeMAPS | ComParE | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAMSA | Pacer | Plank | Rest | Recall | CAMSA | Pacer | Plank | Rest | Recall | |
CAMSA | 21 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.49 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.40 |
Pacer | 11 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0.78 |
Plank | 19 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0.20 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 0.47 |
Rest | 8 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 0.59 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 0.58 |
Total | 0.49 | 0.54 | ||||||||
k = 0.32 | k = 0.33 |
eGeMAPS (3-Class SVM) | ComParE (3-Class SVM) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moderate | Vigorous | Rest | Recall | Moderate | Vigorous | Rest | Recall | |
Moderate | 51 | 2 | 30 | 0.61 | 52 | 6 | 25 | 0.63 |
Vigorous | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0.69 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0.60 |
Rest | 24 | 2 | 28 | 0.52 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 0.69 |
0.60 | 0.64 | |||||||
k = 0.25 | k = 0.33 | |||||||
eGeMAPS (2-class SVM) | ComParE (2-class SVM) | |||||||
CAMSA | Plank | Recall | CAMSA | Plank | Recall | |||
CAMSA | 28 | 15 | 0.65 | 27 | 16 | 0.63 | ||
Plank | 22 | 18 | 0.45 | 13 | 27 | 0.68 | ||
0.55 | 0.65 | |||||||
Total | 0.58 | 0.65 | ||||||
k = 0.10 | k = 0.30 |
eGeMAPS (3-Class SVM) | ComParE (3-Class SVM) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moderate | Vigorous | Rest | Recall | Moderate | Vigorous | Rest | Recall | |
Moderate | 317 | 34 | 67 | 0.76 | 310 | 37 | 72 | 0.74 |
Vigorous | 68 | 177 | 3 | 0.71 | 67 | 174 | 7 | 0.70 |
Rest | 113 | 9 | 131 | 0.52 | 82 | 6 | 165 | 0.65 |
Total | 0.70 | 0.70 | ||||||
k = 0.30 | k = 0.34 |
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Ma, R.-S.; Ng, S.-I.; Lee, T.; Yang, Y.-J.; Sum, R.K.-W. Validation of a Speech Database for Assessing College Students’ Physical Competence under the Concept of Physical Literacy. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7046. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127046
Ma R-S, Ng S-I, Lee T, Yang Y-J, Sum RK-W. Validation of a Speech Database for Assessing College Students’ Physical Competence under the Concept of Physical Literacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(12):7046. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127046
Chicago/Turabian StyleMa, Rui-Si, Si-Ioi Ng, Tan Lee, Yi-Jian Yang, and Raymond Kim-Wai Sum. 2022. "Validation of a Speech Database for Assessing College Students’ Physical Competence under the Concept of Physical Literacy" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12: 7046. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127046