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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2020

Enabling precision rehabilitation interventions using wearable sensors and machine learning to track motor recovery.

Catherine Adans-Dester, Nicolas Hankov, Anne O'Brien, Gloria Vergara-Diaz, Randie Black-Schaffer, Ross Zafonte, Jennifer Dy, Sunghoon I Lee, Paolo Bonato

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine Adans-DesterDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6816-0586
Nicolas HankovDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7112-0091
Anne O'BrienDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.
Gloria Vergara-DiazDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.
Randie Black-SchafferDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.
Ross ZafonteDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.
Jennifer DyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA.
Sunghoon I LeeCollege of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA USA.
Paolo BonatoDepartment of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1818-1714
Harvard University · USAmherst College · USNortheastern University · USSpaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · US

Funding

ENGINEERING FOR NEUROLOGIC REHABILITATIONR24HD050821 · NICHD · REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO D/B/A SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB · PI RYMER, WILLIAM ZEV · 2005 to 2014
$7.9M
Improving Outcome Measurement for Medical Rehabilitaiton Clinical TrialsR24HD065688 · NICHD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI JETTE, ALAN MAURICE, ZAFONTE, ROSS DENNIS · 2010 to 2014
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD050821NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD065688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need to develop patient-specific interventions is apparent when one considers that clinical studies often report satisfactory motor gains only in a portion of participants. This observation provides the foundation for "precision rehabilitation". Tracking and predicting outcomes defining the recovery trajectory is key in this context. Data collected using wearable sensors provide clinicians with the opportunity to do so with little burden on clinicians and patients. The approach proposed in this paper relies on machine learning-based algorithms to derive clinical score estimates from wearable sensor data collected during functional motor tasks. Sensor-based score estimates showed strong agreement with those generated by clinicians. Score estimates of upper-limb impairment severity and movement quality were marked by a coefficient of determination of 0.86 and 0.79, respectively. The application of the proposed approach to monitoring patients' responsiveness to rehabilitation is expected to contribute to the development of patient-specific interventions, aiming to maximize motor gains.

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PMID33024831
PMCPMC7506010
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