Falls are a major determinant of poor quality of life, immobilization, and reduced life
expectancy in people affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) and in older adults more …

Advances in medical management of Parkinson's disease (PD) have resulted in living
longer with disability. Although disability worsens over the course of the disease, there are …

Distinct gait characteristics like short steps and shuffling gait are prototypical signs
commonly observed in Parkinson's disease. Routinely assessed by observation through …

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are small wearable sensors that have tremendous
potential to be applied to clinical gait analysis. They allow objective evaluation of gait and …

Digital health technologies enable remote and therefore frequent measurement of motor
signs, potentially providing reliable and valid estimates of motor sign severity and …

Recent technologic advancements have enabled the creation of portable, low-cost, and
unobtrusive sensors with tremendous potential to alter the clinical practice of rehabilitation …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is affecting about 1.2 million patients in Europe with a prevalence
that is expected to have an exponential increment, in the next decades. This epidemiological …

Background: Ubiquitous digital technologies such as smartphone sensors promise to
fundamentally change biomedical research and treatment monitoring in neurological …

Wearable technology comprises miniaturized sensors (eg, accelerometers) worn on the
body and/or paired with mobile devices (eg, smart phones) allowing continuous patient …

Recently, quantitative, objective, and easy‐to‐use technology‐based tools that can assess
PD features over long time periods have been developed and generate clinically relevant …