Accelerometry-Based Gait Analysis and Its Application to Parkinson's Disease Assessment- Part 2 : A New Measure for Quantifying Walking Behavior

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 999 - 1005
• Main Authors: Yoneyama, Mitsuru, Kurihara, Yosuke, Watanabe, Kajiro, Mitoma, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.11.2013; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometers; Actigraphy - methods; Aged; biomedical signal processing; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted - methods; Female; Gait; gait analysis; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - diagnosis; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - etiology; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Monitoring; Parkinson Disease - complications; Parkinson Disease - diagnosis; Parkinson Disease - physiopathology; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's disease (PD); Patients; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Walking

Gait analysis is a valuable tool for obtaining quantitative information on motor deficits in Parkinson's disease (PD). Since the characteristic gait patterns of PD patients may not be fully identified by brief examination in a clinic, long-term, and unobtrusive monitoring of their activities is...