Feasibility and effects of home-based smartphone-delivered automated feedback training for gait in people with Parkinson's disease: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-34

  Ginis, Pieter ^a   Nieuwboer, Alice ^a   Dorfman, Moran ^b   Ferrari, Alberto ^c   Gazit, Eran ^b   Canning, Colleen G ^d   Rocchi, Laura ^c   Chiari, Lorenzo ^c   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^b,e   Mirelman, Anat ^b,e  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Auditory feedback; Gait training; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy; Smartphone; Wearable sensor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL GAIT TRAINING; CUPID SYSTEM; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROFEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; SHORT FORM 36; SMARTPHONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMARTPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952870213     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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