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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Wearable-Sensor-based Detection and Prediction of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: A Review.

Scott Pardoel, Jonathan Kofman, Julie Nantel, Edward D Lemaire

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05718739 (Assessing and Understanding Freezing of Gait At-home Environment), which is not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05718739 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Assessing and Understanding Freezing of Gait At-home Environment: FOG@Home

TypeinterventionalSponsorTel-Aviv Sourasky Medical CenterRan2023 to 2024Enrolled30ConditionsParkinson Disease, Freezing of GaitArmsAX6 6-axis logging accelerometer
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 195 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Scott PardoelDepartment of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, ON, Canada.
Jonathan KofmanDepartment of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, ON, Canada.
Julie NantelSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, ON, Canada.
Edward D LemaireFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, K1H 8M2, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4693-2623
University of Ottawa · CAUniversity of Waterloo · CA

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada .University of Waterloo .
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Freezing of gait (FOG) is a serious gait disturbance, common in mid- and late-stage Parkinson's disease, that affects mobility and increases fall risk. Wearable sensors have been used to detect and predict FOG with the ultimate aim of preventing freezes or reducing their effect using gait monitoring and assistive devices. This review presents and assesses the state of the art of FOG detection and prediction using wearable sensors, with the intention of providing guidance on current knowledge, and identifying knowledge gaps that need to be filled and challenges to be considered in future studies. This review searched the Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science databases to identify studies that used wearable sensors to detect or predict FOG episodes in Parkinson's disease. Following screening, 74 publications were included, comprising 68 publications detecting FOG, seven predicting FOG, and one in both categories. Details were extracted regarding participants, walking task, sensor type and body location, detection or prediction approach, feature extraction and selection, classification method, and detection and prediction performance. The results showed that increasingly complex machine-learning algorithms combined with diverse feature sets improved FOG detection. The lack of large FOG datasets and highly person-specific FOG manifestation were common challenges. Transfer learning and semi-supervised learning were promising for FOG detection and prediction since they provided person-specific tuning while preserving model generalization.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsGaitGait Disorders, NeurologicHumansMachine LearningParkinson DiseaseSelf-Help DevicesWalkingWearable Electronic Devicesdetectionfreezing of gaitmachine learningParkinson’s diseasepredictionwearable sensors

Identifiers

PMID31771246
PMCPMC6928783
OpenAlexW2990845518

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Registered trials

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