Many patients with Parkinson’s disease suffer from short periods during which they cannot continue walking, the so-called freezing of gait. Patients can learn to use rhythmic auditory sounds as support during these episodes. We developed GaitAssist, a personalized wearable system for freezing of gait support, that enables training in unsupervised environments. GaitAssist detects freezing episodes …
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mPower: Mobile Parkinson Disease Study
The mPower is a unique IPhone application. that uses a mix of surveys and tasks that activate phone sensors to collect and track health and symptoms of PD progression – like dexterity, balance or gait. Our goals are to learn about the variations of PD, to improve the way we describe these variations …