Freezing of gait and fall detection in Parkinson’s disease using wearable sensors: a systematic review

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 264, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1642-1654

  Silva de Lima, Ana Lígia ^a,b   Evers, Luc J W ^a   Hahn, Tim ^a   Bataille, Lauren ^c   Hamilton, Jamie L ^c   Little, Max A ^d,e   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^f   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Faber, Marjan J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Parkinson s disease; Validation studies; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HOEHN AND YAHR SCALE; HOME; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; WEARABLE SENSOR; WEB OF SCIENCE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PARKINSON DISEASE; WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 85014071670     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-017-8424-0     Document Type: Review

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