Wearable sensors for clinical applications in epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke: a mixed-methods systematic review

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 265, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1740-1752

  Johansson, Dongni ^a   Malmgren, Kristina ^a   Alt Murphy, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Parkinson s disease; Stroke; Systematic review; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDLINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER LIMB; WALKING; ELECTRONIC DEVICE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; STROKE; WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 85041820575     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-018-8786-y     Document Type: Review

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