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Feasibility Study of a Wearable System Based on a Wireless Body Area Network for Gait Assessment in Parkinson's Disease Patients

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Cancela, Jorge, Pastorino, Matteo, Arredondo, Maria, Nikita, Konstantina, Villagra, Federico, Pastor, Maria·2014·Sensors

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Parkinson's disease (PD) alters the motor performance of affected individuals. The dopaminergic denervation of the striatum, due to substantia nigra neuronal loss, compromises the speed, the automatism and smoothness of movements of PD patients. The development of a reliable tool for long-term monitoring of PD symptoms would allow the accurate assessment of the clinical status during the different PD stages and the evaluation of motor complications. Furthermore, it would be very useful both for routine clinical care as well as for testing novel therapies. Within this context we have validated the feasibility of using a Body Network Area (BAN) of wireless accelerometers to perform continuous at home gait monitoring of PD patients. The analysis addresses the assessment of the system performance working in real environments.

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Authors
Cancela, J., Pastorino, M., Arredondo, M., Nikita, K., Villagra, F., & Pastor, M.
Affiliations
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ES)
  • Life Supporting Technologies Group, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28003, Spain
  • National Technical University of Athens (GR)
  • Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (ES)
  • Division of Neurosciences, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona 31008, Spain
Corresponding author
Cancela, Jorge
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2014-03-07
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
4618-4633
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2149549442
Cited by
63
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Sensors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • European Commission (215952)
  • Universidad de Navarra
  • University of Ioannina
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Wireless Body Area Networks
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, gait analysis, wearable sensors, wireless body area networks, accelerometer, home monitoring, motor symptoms, feasibility study
MeSH terms
Aged, Computer Communication Networks, Data Collection, Feasibility Studies, Female, Gait, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Movement, Parkinson Disease, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Telemetry, Wireless Technology, Accelerometry

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