TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of freezing of gait on balance perception and mobility in community-living with Parkinson's disease
AU - Mancini, Martina
AU - Curtze, Carolin
AU - Stuart, Samuel
AU - El-Gohary, Mahmoud
AU - James, Arthur
AU - McNames, null
AU - Nutt, John G.
AU - Horak, Fay B.
PY - 2018/10/29
Y1 - 2018/10/29
N2 - This pilot study investigated the impact of freezing of gait, objectively measured with three inertial sensors, on mobility function during seven days of community living monitoring in people with Parkinson's disease.Twenty-four subjects with PD, of which 14 experiencing freezing of gait, were recruited in this study. Subjects wore three inertial sensors (Opals, APDM) attached to both feet and the lumbar region for a week of continuous monitoring. Walking bouts, of at least 10s, were first identified, and then features of freezing, quantity and quality of mobility were extracted and averaged across the seven days.Results showed significant impairments in freezing and quality of mobility in the freezers group compared to the nonfreezers. Our measures of average and variability of time spent freezing was associated to the subjects' perception of freezing, assessed with the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire. These preliminary results are introducing promising measures of mobility impairments measured during community-living in PD.
AB - This pilot study investigated the impact of freezing of gait, objectively measured with three inertial sensors, on mobility function during seven days of community living monitoring in people with Parkinson's disease.Twenty-four subjects with PD, of which 14 experiencing freezing of gait, were recruited in this study. Subjects wore three inertial sensors (Opals, APDM) attached to both feet and the lumbar region for a week of continuous monitoring. Walking bouts, of at least 10s, were first identified, and then features of freezing, quantity and quality of mobility were extracted and averaged across the seven days.Results showed significant impairments in freezing and quality of mobility in the freezers group compared to the nonfreezers. Our measures of average and variability of time spent freezing was associated to the subjects' perception of freezing, assessed with the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire. These preliminary results are introducing promising measures of mobility impairments measured during community-living in PD.
KW - Gait
KW - Gait Disorders, Neurologic/etiology
KW - Humans
KW - Parkinson Disease/complications
KW - Pilot Projects
KW - Range of Motion, Articular
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85056657349
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512910
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512910
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 30441036
SN - 9781538636473
VL - 2018
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 3040
EP - 3043
BT - 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
PB - IEEE
ER -