ArticleJournal of neurology2023
Good vibrations: tactile cueing for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.
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- Insights into Parkinson's Disease-Related Freezing of Gait Detection and Prediction Approaches: A Meta Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Sternum-worn vibrotactile device in Parkinson's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- Feasibility of Real-Time Autonomous Functional Electrical Stimulation for Freezing of Gait.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Use of AR/VR for Treatment of Freezing of Gait (FoG) in Parkinson's Disease (PD).Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Freezing of gait and the effects of vibrotactile cueing in Parkinson's disease-a study protocol of a cross-sectional multimodal brain imaging approach in virtual walking scenarios.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- ParCuR-A Novel AI-Enabled Gait Cueing Wearable for Patients with Parkinson's Disease.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- User Experiences of the Cue2walk Smart Cueing Device for Freezing of Gait in People with Parkinson's Disease.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Digital Health in Parkinson's Disease and Atypical Parkinsonism-New Frontiers in Motor Function and Physical Activity Assessment: Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Management of freezing of gait - mechanism-based practical recommendations.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Predicting Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: A Machine-Learning-Based Approach in ON and OFF Medication States.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Identification of anatomical locations: its relevance for vibrotactile perception of individuals with Parkinson's disease.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Article
- Usability, safety and tolerability of CUE1 vibrotactile device as promising therapeutic approach in orthostatic tremor.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2025Article
- Vibrotactile Foot Device for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Assisted technology in Parkinson's disease gait: what's up?Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2024Review
- Mesencephalic Locomotor Region and Presynaptic Inhibition during Anticipatory Postural Adjustments in People with Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Gait-modifying effects of augmented-reality cueing in people with Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Knowledge mapping of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Context Recognition Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Freezing-of-Gait Detection in Parkinson's Disease.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison of state-of-the-art deep learning architectures for detection of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCueing strategies can alleviate freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). We evaluated tactile cueing delivered via vibrating socks, which has the benefit of not being noticeable to bystanders.
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of tactile cueing compared to auditory cueing on FOG.
methodsThirty-one persons with PD with FOG performed gait tasks during both ON and OFF state. The effect of open loop and closed loop tactile cueing, as delivered by vibrating socks, was compared to an active control group (auditory cueing) and to a baseline condition (uncued gait). These four conditions were balanced between subjects. Gait tasks were videotaped and annotated for FOG by two experienced raters. Motion data were collected to analyze spatiotemporal gait parameters. Responders were defined as manifesting a relative reduction of > 10% in the percent time frozen compared to uncued gait.
resultsThe average percent time frozen during uncued gait was 11.2% in ON and 21.5% in OFF state. None of the three tested cueing modalities affected the percentage of time frozen in either the ON (p = 0.20) or OFF state (p = 0.12). The number of FOG episodes and spatiotemporal gait parameters were also not affected. We found that 22 out of 31 subjects responded to cueing, the response to the three types of cueing was highly individual.
conclusionsCueing did not improve FOG at the group level; however, tactile as well as auditory cueing improved FOG in many individuals. This highlights the need for a personalized approach when using cueing to treat FOG.
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