TY - JOUR AU - Nguyen, An AU - Roth, Nils AU - Ghassemi, Nooshin Haji AU - Hannink, Julius AU - Seel, Thomas AU - Klucken, Jochen AU - Gassner, Heiko AU - Eskofier, Bjoern M. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/06/26 TI - Development and clinical validation of inertial sensor-based gait-clustering methods in Parkinson’s disease JO - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation SP - 77 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Gait symptoms and balance impairment are characteristic indicators for the progression in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Current gait assessments mostly focus on straight strides with assumed constant velocity, while acceleration/deceleration and turning strides are often ignored. This is either due to the set up of typical clinical assessments or technical limitations in capture volume. Wearable inertial measurement units are a promising and unobtrusive technology to overcome these limitations. Other gait phases such as initiation, termination, transitioning (between straight walking and turning) and turning might be relevant as well for the evaluation of gait and balance impairments in PD. SN - 1743-0003 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0548-2 DO - 10.1186/s12984-019-0548-2 ID - Nguyen2019 ER -