Home detection of freezing of gait using support vector machines through a single waist-worn triaxial accelerometer.

Among Parkinson's disease (PD) symptoms, freezing of gait (FoG) is one of the most debilitating. To assess FoG, current clinical practice mostly employs repeated evaluations over weeks and months based on questionnaires, which may not accurately map the severity of this symptom. The use of a no...

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Main Authors: Daniel Rodríguez-Martín, Albert Samà, Carlos Pérez-López, Andreu Català, Joan M Moreno Arostegui, Joan Cabestany, Àngels Bayés, Sheila Alcaine, Berta Mestre, Anna Prats, M Cruz Crespo, Timothy J Counihan, Patrick Browne, Leo R Quinlan, Gearóid ÓLaighin, Dean Sweeney, Hadas Lewy, Joseph Azuri, Gabriel Vainstein, Roberta Annicchiarico, Alberto Costa, Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5310916?pdf=render