Gait impairments in Parkinson's disease

A Mirelman, P Bonato, R Camicioli, TD Ellis… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Gait impairments are among the most common and disabling symptoms of Parkinson's
disease. Nonetheless, gait is not routinely assessed quantitatively but is described in …

Cueing paradigms to improve gait and posture in Parkinson's disease: a narrative review

N Muthukrishnan, JJ Abbas, HA Shill, N Krishnamurthi - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Progressive gait dysfunction is one of the primary motor symptoms in people with
Parkinson's disease (PD). It is generally expressed as reduced step length and gait speed …

Measuring freezing of gait during daily-life: an open-source, wearable sensors approach

M Mancini, VV Shah, S Stuart, C Curtze… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Although a growing number of studies focus on the measurement and detection
of freezing of gait (FoG) in laboratory settings, only a few studies have attempted to measure …

Emerging portable technologies for gait analysis in neurological disorders

C Salchow-Hömmen, M Skrobot… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The understanding of locomotion in neurological disorders requires technologies for
quantitative gait analysis. Numerous modalities are available today to objectively capture …

Wearable sensors system for an improved analysis of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease using electromyography and inertial signals

I Mazzetta, A Zampogna, A Suppa, A Gumiero… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
We propose a wearable sensor system for automatic, continuous and ubiquitous analysis of
Freezing of Gait (FOG), in patients affected by Parkinson's disease. FOG is an unpredictable …

How can intelligent robots and smart mechatronic modules facilitate remote assessment, assistance, and rehabilitation for isolated adults with neuro-musculoskeletal …

SF Atashzar, J Carriere, M Tavakoli - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Worldwide, at the time this article was written, there are over 127 million cases of patients
with a confirmed link to COVID-19 and about 2.78 million deaths reported. With limited …

One cue does not fit all: a systematic review with meta-analysis of the effectiveness of cueing on freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease

C Cosentino, M Putzolu, S Mezzarobba… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The difficulty in assessing FOG and the variety of existing cues, hamper to determine which
cueing modality should be applied and which FOG-related aspect should be targeted to …

Good vibrations: tactile cueing for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease

EC Klaver, JPP van Vugt, BR Bloem, RJA van Wezel… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Cueing strategies can alleviate freezing of gait (FOG) in people with
Parkinson's disease (PD). We evaluated tactile cueing delivered via vibrating socks, which …

A technological review of wearable cueing devices addressing freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease

D Sweeney, LR Quinlan, P Browne, M Richardson… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Freezing of gait is one of the most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease and is an
important contributor to falls, leading to it being a major cause of hospitalization and nursing …

Investigating gait-responsive somatosensory cueing from a wearable device to improve walking in Parkinson's disease

D Li, A Hallack, S Gwilym, D Li, MT Hu… - BioMedical Engineering …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Freezing-of-gait (FOG) and impaired walking are common features of Parkinson's
disease (PD). Provision of external stimuli (cueing) can improve gait, however, many cueing …