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Gait assessment in Parkinson?s disease patients through a network of wearable accelerometers in unsupervised environments
Año:2011
Áreas de investigación
  • Telemedicina
Datos
Descripción
Parkinson's disease (PD) predominantly alters the motor performance of the affected individuals. In particular, the loss of dopaminergic neurons compromises the speed, the automaticity and fluidity of movements. As the disease evolves, PD patient's motion becomes slower and tremoric and the response to medication fluctuates along the day. In addition, the presence of involuntary movements deteriorates voluntary movement in advanced state of the disease. These changes in the motion can be detected by studying the variation of the signals recorded by accelerometers attached in the limbs and belt of the patients. The analysis of the most significant changes in these signals make possible to build an individualized motor profile of the disease, allowing doctors to personalize the medication intakes and consequently improving the response of the patient to the treatment. Several works have been done in a laboratory and supervised environments providing solid results; this work focused on the design of unsupervised method for the assessment of gait in PD patients. The development of a reliable quantitative tool for long-term monitoring of PD symptoms would allow the accurate detection of the clinical status during the different PD stages and the evaluation of motor complications. Besides, it would be very useful both for routine clinical care as well as for novel therapies testing.
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 11).
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
978-1-4244-4121-1
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso
30/08/2011
Fecha fin congreso
03/09/2011
Desde la página
2233
Hasta la página
2236
Título de las actas
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 11).
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Participantes
  • Autor: Jorge Cancela Gonzalez (UPM)
  • Autor: Matteo Pastorino . (UPM)
  • Autor: Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer (UPM)
  • Autor: Mario Pansera . (UPM)
  • Autor: Laura Pastor Sanz (UPM)
  • Autor: Federico Villagra (Universidad de Navarra)
  • Autor: Maria Pastor (Universidad de Navarra)
  • Autor: Ana Pilar Gonzalez Marcos (UPM)
Grupos de investigación, Departamentos, Centros e Institutos de I+D+i relacionados
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Life Supporting Technologies (Tecnologías de Apoyo a la Vida)
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de tecnología Biomédica CTB
  • Departamento: Tecnología Fotónica y Bioingeniería
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