AI digital healthcare company iPixel (CEO Lee Sang-soo) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding on the 29th with the research team led by Professor Lim Jae-young of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital for a “Sarcopenia AI Digital Healthcare Partnership.”

This agreement was established amid the growing importance of managing sarcopenia, a condition directly linked to the decline of physical function in older adults, as Korea enters a super-aged society. The partnership aims to provide AI-based, personalized remote exercise mediation to older adults in medically underserved areas who have limited access to professional exercise and rehabilitation services, and to scientifically verify its clinical effectiveness.

Under the agreement, the two organizations will jointly carry out a demonstration project for 3D AI motion recognition-based exercise intervention and monitoring, or Connected-care, targeting older adults at risk of sarcopenia who live in areas of Gangwon Province facing population decline. The key objective is to provide customized exercise interventions for sarcopenia even in regions where access to professional exercise and rehabilitation services is limited, while jointly evaluating their clinical effectiveness.

iPixel’s exercise and rehabilitation AI Agent solution, EXERCITE CARE, is based on Vision AI technology that recognizes users’ movements through On-device AI without the need for separate wearables or sensors. Using 2,396 standardized AI exercise recognition data sets and exercise metadata, the solution can automatically configure and coach personalized exercises for each individual. It also collects users’ exercise performance data, enabling expert-level exercise intervention to continue even outside the hospital.

The two organizations plan to jointly utilize the results of this demonstration project in academic papers and other research outputs, while gradually expanding the scope of collaboration through follow-up research and development (R&D) and linkage with the K-Frail public frailty prevention project.

Professor Lim Jae-young of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital said, “Sarcopenia can lead to falls or being bedridden, significantly affecting quality of life and medical costs. However, in medically underserved areas, it is difficult in reality to receive systematic exercise intervention.” He added, “Through this agreement, we will establish clinical evidence for AI-based sarcopenia exercise intervention and present a model for reducing regional healthcare disparities,” sharing his thoughts on the partnership.

Lee Sang-soo, CEO of iPixel, also stated, “By combining the clinical expertise of Professor Lim Jae-young’s research team, which has led sarcopenia research in Korea and abroad, with iPixel’s AI motion-recognition rehabilitation exercise AGENT, we will create a new standard for sarcopenia management.” He added, “We will successfully lead this demonstration project so that older adults in medically underserved areas can receive verified personalized exercise programs at home.”