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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/91958, first published .
Researchers analyze high-dimensional multimodal data on a large screen, showing biomechanics, imaging, and biomarkers.

Novel Musculoskeletal Hypotheses in the Armed Services Trauma and Rehabilitation Outcome (ADVANCE) Cohort: Development and Application of Sparse Group Factor Analysis Methodology

Novel Musculoskeletal Hypotheses in the Armed Services Trauma and Rehabilitation Outcome (ADVANCE) Cohort: Development and Application of Sparse Group Factor Analysis Methodology

Fraje C E Watson   1 * , PhD ;   Fabio S Ferreira   2 * , PhD ;   Balasundaram Kadirvelu   2 , PhD ;   Alex N Bennett   1, 3 , PhD ;   Aldo A Faisal   1, 2 , PhD ;   Neil Graham   4 , PhD ;   Harriet Kemp   5 , PhD ;   Paul Cullinan   , PhD ;   Christopher Boos   1, 6 , PhD ;   Nicola T Fear   7 , PhD ;   Anthony M J Bull   1 , PhD

1 Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom

2 Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom

3 Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Loughborough, United Kingdom

4 Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom

5 Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom

6 Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

7 King’s Centre for Military Research and Academic Department of Military Mental Health, King's College London, London, England, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Fraje C E Watson, PhD
  • Department of Bioengineering
  • Imperial College London
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  • Email: f.watson@imperial.ac.uk