How Wearable Sensors Can Support Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common and disabling pathology that is characterized by both motor and non-motor symptoms and affects millions of people worldwide. The disease significantly affects quality of life of those affected. Many works in literature discuss the effects of the disease. The most promising trends involve sensor devices, which are low cost, low power, unobtrusive, and accurate in the measurements, for monitoring and managing the pathology.

Objectives

This review focuses on wearable devices for PD applications and identifies five main fields: early diagnosis, tremor, body motion analysis, motor fluctuations (ON-OFF phases), and home and long-term monitoring. The concept is to obtain an overview of the pathology at each stage of development, from

SUBMITTER: Rovini E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5635326 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature