ParCuR-A Novel AI-Enabled Gait Cueing Wearable for Patients with Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT: Freezing of gait (FoG) is a common motor symptom in advanced Parkinson's disease, leading to falls, disability, and reduced quality of life. Although cueing systems using visual or auditory stimuli can help patients resume walking, existing solutions are often expensive, uncomfortable, and conspicuous. ParCuR (Parkinson Cueing and Rehabilitation) is a compact, ankle-worn wearable integrating an inertial sensor, haptic stimulator, and AI-based software. It was developed to detect FoG episodes in real time and provides automatic sensory cues to assist patients with Parkinson's Disease (PwP). A classifier was trained for FoG detection using the DAPHNet dataset, comparing patient-specific and patient-independent models. While a small-scale trial with PwP assessed usability and reliability. Par

SUBMITTER: Lopes T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12656022 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature