What is it about?
Monitoring of lower limb bradykinesia and freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease patients using inertial sensors embedded in a smartphone. The experimental protocol is simple and fast. The instrumentation includes a smartphone and some elastic bands.
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Why is it important?
Dedicated hardware is not necessary, as smartphones are widespread and easy to use. Monitoring may be performed at home.
Perspectives
Remote monitoring of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms may be performed at home, using a smartphone, and performing very easy and fast motor tasks.
Luigi Borzì
Politecnico di Torino
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This page is a summary of: Home monitoring of motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease patients, Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s40860-019-00086-x.
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