Longitudinal monitoring of patients with Parkinson's disease via wearable sensor technology in the home setting

• Published in: 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Vol. 2011; pp. 1552 - 1555
• Main Authors: Patel, S., Bor-rong Chen, Mancinelli, C., Paganoni, S., Shih, L., Welsh, M., Dy, J., Bonato, P.
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometers; Actigraphy - instrumentation; Biosensing Techniques - instrumentation; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Estimation; Feature extraction; Fluctuations; Home Care Services; Indexes; Longitudinal Studies; Monitoring; Monitoring, Ambulatory - instrumentation; Movement; Parkinson Disease - diagnosis; Parkinson Disease - physiopathology; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; United States; Wearable sensors; United States

Objective longitudinal monitoring of symptoms related motor fluctuations can provide valuable information for the clinical management of patients with Parkinson's disease. Current methods for long-term monitoring of motor fluctuations, such as patient diaries, are ineffective due to their time...